Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- knotted-facade-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Elmesthorpe Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 460 964
- Coordinates
- 52.56432, -1.32229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Mary is a parish church located on Elmesthorpe Lane. It dates from the 14th century and 16th century, with the chancel rebuilt in 1868. The church is constructed of random granite rubble and dressed stone, featuring stone dressings and a slate roof.
The west tower, which has two stages, includes a plinth, two chamfered string courses, a coved eaves band, and a crenellated parapet. There are two diagonal buttresses with four setoffs on the west side, and between them is a chamfered and moulded doorway that features an 18th-century plank door with strap hinges. Above the doorway, there are chamfered pointed bell openings from the 16th century on each side.
The nave, which has two bays, retains the remains of two buttresses on each side and features two early 14th-century double lancets with coved and chamfered reveals and hood moulds. At the west end, there are two light mullioned windows; the north window has a flat head and hood mould, while the south window has a four-centred arched head.
The three-bay chancel has three buttresses on each side and at the east end, there are two pairs of angle buttresses, all with setoffs. The east gable is coped and topped with a cross. The north side features a central restored Decorated double lancet with a moulded reveal, and to the west, there is a roll-moulded 19th-century doorway with shafts and a hood mould. The east end has a 19th-century five-light ogee lancet with flowing tracery and a hood mould, while the south side has two restored Decorated double lancets.
The tower chamber, which now serves as the west porch, lacks architectural features. The tower arch is double chamfered and moulded, with no responds. Inside, the rendered chancel has rusticated openings and an arch-braced queen post roof. The east end includes a 19th-century alabaster and stone gradine. On the south side, there is a restored 14th-century ogee-headed combined piscina and aumbry, as well as a restored 14th-century ogee-headed triple sedilia.
Fittings in the church include an early 13th-century lobed round font bowl on a 19th-century stem with clustered ringed shafts, 19th-century pine benches, a brass lectern, a mid-20th-century reading desk, and altar rails. There is also a small slate war memorial tablet.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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