Ruins of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. Church.
Ruins of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pavement-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1965
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Ruins of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mill Lane, Virley
- OS grid reference
- TL 949 137
- Coordinates
- 51.78879, 0.82597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Church of St Mary the Virgin are located on Virley Mill Lane. This structure dates back to the 13th century and is built from a mix of rubble and some Roman brick. It has been disused since the late 19th century.
Local climate
Ruins of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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