Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-vestry-umber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Marlingford and Colton
- OS grid reference
- TG 127 083
- Coordinates
- 52.63095, 1.14182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church that features elements from the medieval period and the Victorian era. It is constructed from flint with stone dressings, while the chancel is faced with colour-washed brick. The roofs are made of slate and plain tiles. The church includes a 15th-century west tower, a 12th-century south wall of the nave, and a 19th-century north aisle and south porch, along with a re-faced chancel.
Notable architectural features include a Norman south door with one order of nook-shafts, chevron-moulded jambs, and a medallion-moulded arch. There is also a 14th-century Y-traceried and cusped 2-light south window. The unbuttressed west tower has a 2-light Y-traceried west window, 2-light ogee-traceried bell-openings, and a crenellated parapet. The chancel tracery is of Victorian design.
Inside, the church features a 14th-century 2-bay north arcade with an octagonal central pier and 2-centred arches of 2 plain-chamfered orders. The chancel arch dates from the 14th century and has facetted responds. There is a tall 15th-century tower arch and an octagonal font made of Purbeck stone, which has shallow, 2-centred blind arches and dates to around 1200. The roofs throughout the church are of Victorian style.
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, 16 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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