Church of Saint Mary is a Grade I listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. A Medieval Church.
Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- rooted-glass-dust
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of Saint Mary, Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- TL 184 291
- Coordinates
- 51.94797, -0.27727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Mary is a medieval parish church that dates from the 12th century but was largely developed in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church features a nave, chancel, aisles, a west steeple, and south and north porches. Inside, it retains carved woodwork from the 14th and 15th centuries, along with fine tombs and wall monuments. All listed buildings in the churchyard form a group.
Local climate
Church of Saint Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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