Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
salt-courtyard-starling
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Little Laver Road
OS grid reference
TL 544 096
Coordinates
51.76422, 0.23728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the 14th century, with alterations and extensions made in the late 19th century. It is constructed of flint rubble, with some freestone and clunch dressings, and features a red plain tile roof. The building has a simple rectangular plan, comprising a combined chancel and nave.

The 14th-century chancel and nave include a north wall that has one 14th-century window with a trefoiled light, along with a 19th-century window and door leading to the vestry. The south wall contains one 19th-century window and one 14th-century window with a trefoiled head, moulded jambs, a segmental pointed rear arch, and a label with head stops. There is also a 19th-century south door. The west wall was rebuilt in 1872, and an east apse was added in the same year, designed in a southern Romanesque derived style with arcading.

Inside, there is a 14th-century roof with tie beams and a late 12th-century font featuring a square bowl with sloping sides, decorated with carvings of foliage, fleur-de-lys, crescent, disc, star, and whorl, set on a modern base. Additionally, a 14th-century piscina has been re-set in the north wall of the apse, featuring moulded jambs and a trefoiled head.

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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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