Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1960. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- scattered-remnant-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Watton Road, Hilborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 831 988
- Coordinates
- 52.55656, 0.69979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, topped with a plaintile roof. The church features an aisleless nave, a vestry to the north, and a chancel that is aligned with the nave. The west wall has a 2-light window with cusped Y-tracery and a 19th-century bell-cote. The south wall includes a wave-moulded doorway, four restored late-medieval 2-light windows with flat heads, and a hollow chamfered priest's doorway. The north wall has one 2-light window with a flat head leading to the chancel, while the east window is a 3-light cusped Y-traceried design.
Inside, there is a wave-moulded chancel arch supported by polygonal responds, a simple arched piscina in the chancel, and a surviving rood stair on the south side of the nave. The church also features a 17th-century polygonal pulpit with a fluted frieze, fine late-medieval benches with traceried backs and carved poppy heads, and a simple 14th-century octagonal font.
Local climate
Church of St 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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