Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1974. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tall-tin-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Chapel Lane, Wythall, B47 6JX
- OS grid reference
- SP 072 748
- Coordinates
- 52.37198, -1.89444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church built in 1862 by F Preedy, with a tower added in 1903 by W H Bidlake. The church features a nave, a south aisle, a chancel, and a central tower. It is constructed of polychromatic brickwork with stone dressings and has a slate roof. The south aisle consists of three bays separated by stepped buttresses, with an entrance on the left that is slightly advanced and topped by a gable. This entrance has a two-centred arch with engaged respond shafts, and there is one window in each bay featuring two trefoiled lights under two-centred heads. The chancel has two bays with lancet windows, and the east window contains three trefoiled lights under a two-centred head. The 1903 tower rises in two stages above the aisle, with the first stage featuring a two-light window under a two-centred head. The belfry stage has a pair of large open two-light windows with two-centred heads and multiple engaged shafts on each side. An octagonal stair turret on the north-east corner has a conical stone roof, and the roof is gabled north to south, topped by a fleche. Inside, the church showcases polychromatic brickwork and a three-bay arcade in the south aisle made of brick on stone columns. At the crossing, there are two-centred arches in all directions with respond shafts. The massive tower serves as a prominent landmark in the mostly flat landscape surrounding Wythall.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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