Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. Church.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
half-floor-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Farnham
OS grid reference
TL 481 247
Coordinates
51.90205, 0.15184
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a flint and stone church built in 1859 by Joseph Clarke, constructed on the foundations of an earlier church that it resembles in style. The interior features a few fittings from the previous church.

Local climate

Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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