Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1968. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
crumbling-minaret-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1968
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Salthouse Road, the Gorge, TF8 7LP
OS grid reference
SJ 687 029
Coordinates
52.62355, -2.46329
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, built in 1863 by Sir Arthur Blomfield, is a small church constructed from polychrome brick and topped with fish-scale tile roofs. It features a nave with plate traceried windows and a wheel window at the west end. The church has a gabled south porch supported by terracotta columns. The chancel includes a polygonal apse with lancet windows. The north transept contains a small semi-circular apse, while the south transept features a slim tower at the angle, which has a square base and an octagonal upper section topped with a conical spire supported by eight short columns. This building is an early example of Blomfield's work and shows influence from Butterfield.

Local climate

Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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