Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1969. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- secret-foundation-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1969
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Doverdale, WR9 0QB
- OS grid reference
- SO 860 660
- Coordinates
- 52.29223, -2.20649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church, likely dating from the 14th century, with significant remodeling in the 17th century and a Victorian restoration in 1860 by F Preedy. The church is constructed of ashlar, with a tile roof featuring stone coped verges and leaded detailing on the spire. It comprises a nave with a bellcote and spirelet to the west end, and a chancel.
The south side of the nave has stepped buttresses and a chamfered plinth. A south vestry, rebuilt in 1860 and formerly the porch, is centrally placed. To the right is a square-headed three-light window with cavetto mullions, and to the left a single-light window with a chamfered surround, both dating from the 17th century. The north wall mirrors the south with similar windows, and features a blocked north door with a semi-circular head formed of voussoirs with a filleted roll moulding; this appears to have once been a two-centred head. A door was inserted to the west in 1860, set within a slightly projecting surround and featuring a two-centred arch. The spirelet above the west end was also constructed in 1860, replacing an earlier bellcote. The 1860 bellcote is timber-framed with two-by-two square panels, pierced wood infill, and a triangular vent on each side of the spirelet, featuring decorative chevron ribs to the leaded spire.
The chancel was largely rebuilt in 1860, with a chamfered plinth and drip moulding, and diagonal buttresses. The south wall contains two trefoil-headed lancets and a three-light east window with a two-centred head. The interior features a 1860 chancel arch, which is two-centred and moulded, with engaged shafts to the responds. The nave has a four-bay arch braced collar roof, with a fifth bay accommodating the main posts supporting the bellcote and spirelet. The chancel roof is a boarded barrel vault. Interior fittings largely date from 1860. The nave walls have 17th century panelling to dado height, with a frieze that is partially fluted and partially intersecting lunettes.
The church is situated within a landscape with earthworks indicative of a deserted medieval village to the west.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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