Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1969. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- white-pewter-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1969
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Elmbridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 899 678
- Coordinates
- 52.30883, -2.14914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a former chapel that has been repurposed as a parish church. It was rebuilt in 1872 and incorporates fragments from the 12th century. The building is constructed of ashlar stone with a tiled roof. It features a continuous nave and chancel, along with a north aisle on both sides and a bellcote at the west end of the nave.
The chancel and nave consist of four bays and include three lancet windows. There is a south door in the west bay that has a reset 12th-century door set within a gabled projection. This door features three orders, with the outer two being enriched and having engaged shafts to the responds. The west end displays three stepped lancets and a double opening bellcote above that houses two bells. The east end is adorned with three trefoiled lights beneath a two-centred head.
The north aisle has four bays with a configuration of lancets in a 2:1:1:2 pattern, separated by stepped buttresses. The west end has a single lancet, while the east end features a pair of lancets. Inside, there is a three-bay arcade with segmental arches supported by two 12th-century columns with simple capitals, and the east respond is also from the 12th century. Both the main vessel and the aisle have four-bay roofs.
Notable fittings include a 17th-century altar rail with pierced splat balusters that were removed from Purshall Hall in the 1940s, accompanied by a contemporary communion table. On the north wall of the aisle, there is a wall tablet dedicated to Edmund Purshall, who died in 1650, along with others, topped by an armorial cartouche that states: "Being the first that was interred in the Church (at least for many Ages)." Elmbridge was a chapelry of Dodderhill until 1877.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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