Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- other-portal-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1965
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, the Street, Salcott, CM9 8HW
- OS grid reference
- TL 951 135
- Coordinates
- 51.78692, 0.82874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building located in Salcott. It dates from the 14th century and has undergone extensive rebuilding following earthquake damage in 1884, with significant work completed in 1893. The original structure was built from flint rubble and septaria, featuring limestone dressings. The nave is from the 14th century, while the north wall was added in the late 19th century.
The south wall includes three windows: one from the 19th century, one from the 14th century with two pointed lights and a plain spandrel in a two-centred head with a moulded label, and a western window that is partly from the 15th century. The late 15th century south doorway retains its original door and features moulded jambs, a four-centred arch within a square head, and decorated spandrels. The chancel was rebuilt in the late 19th century.
A late 15th or early 16th century south porch showcases a four-centred arch with two moulded orders, supported by attached shafts with moulded bases and capitals. The side walls of the porch have partly original windows with two cinquefoiled lights in a square head. The late 15th century west tower is built in three stages and has an embattled parapet. It features a two-centred tower arch with one moulded and one hollow chamfered order, and the side walls also have partly original windows with two cinquefoiled lights in a square head. The west window was added in the late 19th century, and the west doorway has a two-centred arch with moulded jambs and a label. The nave roof, constructed in the late 19th century, consists of seven cants with intermittent tie beams and arch bracing to the principal 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 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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