Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1967. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
haunted-wattle-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Bearley, CV37 0SL
OS grid reference
SP 181 605
Coordinates
52.24283, -1.7351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary has 12th-century origins, with chancel walls likely dating to the late 13th or early 14th century. It was largely rebuilt in 1861-2 by N Hawkes, who reconstructed upper parts of the walls and windows, added a bell turret, and carried out further restorations in 1962 by Cuthbert Lord. The church is constructed from coursed lias stone, with a brownish-pink brick tower, a timber belfry, and a plain tile roof.

The church comprises a continuous four-bay nave and chancel, with a north porch and a west tower. The north side has buttresses, and the porch to the second bay has a rounded arch with abaci and a single order of shafts. Windows on either side of the porch commemorate the 1962 restorations. A blocked Norman doorway to the south has a round arch with square pilaster jambs and imposts. The west tower has a transverse pyramidal roof, a single pointed-arched window to the south and west, and slatted timber belfry openings. The south side also has buttresses and one- and two-light lancet windows. Decorative ridge tiles are present.

The interior, restored in 1962, features new furnishings, a west gallery, plastered walls with deeply-splayed window jambs, and a roof with arched-brace collar trusses. A 19th-century octagonal font with quatrefoils is also present.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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