Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1955. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- peeling-marble-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Basildon
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay MP: Mr Richard Holden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 719 942
- Coordinates
- 51.62106, 0.4821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed church located in Ramsden Bellhouse. It features an early 15th-century timber-framed and weatherboarded tower topped with a broach spire, which C. A. Hewett dates to around 1425. The nave and chancel were remodeled in the 19th century, but they retain roofs from the 15th and 16th centuries. The construction of the tower is particularly noteworthy, as it is a four-post bell tower supported by a heavy framed rectangular base with substantial braces on the north and south sides. An original 15th-century door with carved spandrels can be found on the west side, and the south porch dates from the 14th to 15th centuries.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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