Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. A Early C12 Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
other-newel-fen
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Thurrock
Constituency
South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1960
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Linford Road
OS grid reference
TQ 646 784
Coordinates
51.48148, 0.36947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is an early 12th-century building that has undergone alterations in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of flint rubble and ragstone, featuring Reigate dressings and plain tiled roofs. The nave, dating from the 12th century, includes two 19th-century windows in the north wall and a 12th-century doorway that has a 15th-century doorway within it. The original arch is round and decorated with diapered voussoirs and a tympanum. There are two blocked 12th-century windows with round heads. The south wall has two 19th-century windows, one of which incorporates a 14th-century rear arch. The 12th-century south doorway features a round arch enclosing a plastered tympanum, along with two blocked 12th-century windows. A 15th-century staircase leads to the roof loft, with upper and lower doorways that have three-centred heads.

The chancel, also from the 12th century, has a 19th-century east window that incorporates 14th-century jambs and a rear arch. The north wall contains one 19th-century window and one 14th-century window with a trefoiled light. The south wall features two 14th-century windows, each with two cinquefoiled lights. The west tower, built in the 15th century, consists of three stages and has an embattled parapet. The tower arch is formed of three chamfered arches, with moulded capitals. The west window of the tower has four centred lights set in a segmental head, and the west doorway has moulded jambs and a four-centred arch with a label. There are two single-light windows in the second stage and four two-light windows in the bell chamber. The chancel roof is supported by trussed rafters.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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