Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crooked-landing-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, the Street, Furneux Pelham
- OS grid reference
- TL 431 279
- Coordinates
- 51.93169, 0.08096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a large parish church built primarily in the 15th century, with a mid-13th century chancel and an early 16th century south chapel. It features north and south aisles of the chapel with arcades of three bays. The church has a two-storey south porch and a west tower that consists of three stages, topped with an embattled parapet and a lead spike. The chancel includes 13th century lancet windows, as well as a piscina and sedilia. Inside, there are impressive 15th century tie beam roofs in the nave and aisles, along with the south chapel, which showcases traceried spandrels and carved angels. Notable fittings include a 13th century font and two altar tombs, one of which is dedicated to Sir Walter and Lady de la Lee, dating from around 1420, featuring two fine brass figures under a canopy. There is also a smaller brass commemorating Robert Newport, who constructed the south chapel, and his wife, dating from around 1518.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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