Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- silver-forge-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Sustead
- OS grid reference
- TG 166 370
- Coordinates
- 52.8873, 1.21928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period and underwent extensive restoration in the 19th century, with the tower being restored during a re-survey. It is constructed from flint and ironbound conglomerate, topped with a tiled roof. The church features a west tower, a nave, a south porch, and a continuous chancel. The tower is embattled and made of random conglomerate and flint, with a small round-headed opening to the west and blocked slit lights on the north and south sides. It has twin triangular-headed bell-openings with conglomerate imposts and central shafts.
The nave has conglomerate quoins at the northwest and southwest corners. The southern wall may have been re-faced during the restoration in 1869, while the northeast quoins of the earlier church are still visible. The wall was extended eastwards or re-faced in 1869. There are three restored square-headed two-light windows on the south side, two of which have ogee cusped lights and one featuring panel tracery. A similar window from the 19th century is also present. On the north side, there is a doorway with a continuous chamfer and an undercut hood mould with decorated stops, topped by a 19th-century trefoil. The east window is a three-light design from the 19th century.
The south porch is buttressed and made of knapped flint, featuring a single cusped light on both the east and west sides. It has shafts with castellated abaci, an ovolo arch, and a wave pattern on the continuous inner and outer orders. Above the porch is a niche with brick jambs and a stone head. The nave has a 19th-century round-headed doorway. Inside, there is a tall round-headed tower arch with imposts and a triangular-headed opening above it. The roof is from the 19th century, and there are some re-used bench ends. A stoup is located beside the south door, along with a 19th-century piscina and a plain octagonal font supported by octagonal shafts.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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