Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. A C14 Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
roaming-cellar-peregrine
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1959
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Winfarthing, IP22 2EA
OS grid reference
TM 109 857
Coordinates
52.42871, 1.10116
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is mainly a 14th-century building, comprising a nave, chancel, north porch, south aisle, and west tower. The nave has quatrefoil clerestory lights and 14th-century reticulated windows on the north side. The south aisle features three large Perpendicular windows, and a geometric traceried window in the east end. The chancel has Y-traceried windows on the north and south sides, and an east window with intersecting tracery. A 15th-century north porch is constructed with flint flushwork, diagonal buttresses, and retains its original moulded timber roof, along with two old benches and a carved stone cross on the gabled parapet, featuring a small niche below. The west tower has an embattled parapet, diagonal buttresses, a Perpendicular west window, and two-light bell openings with reticulated tracery.

Inside, a three-bay south arcade is supported by octagonal piers with double-chamfered arches. A tall tower arch is present. The south aisle roof dates to the 15th century, with moulded details and arched brackets. The chancel roof is from the 19th century. The church also contains a late 12th-century font, one 15th-century bench, a 17th-century altar table, and a chest.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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