Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- other-trefoil-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, the Green, Howe
- OS grid reference
- TM 275 999
- Coordinates
- 52.54991, 1.35417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the medieval period. It is constructed of flint, with some Roman tiles and ironbound conglomerate, along with stone and brick dressings, and features a tiled roof. The building includes a west tower and nave, a 19th-century south porch, and an early 14th-century chancel. The round tower has a blocked doorway on the west side and deep splays to the round windows on the north, south, and west faces, with smaller round-headed windows above. The tower is topped with a brick parapet and a conical cap.
The nave consists of two bays, with the southwest quoins incorporating some Roman tiles. On the south side, there is one restored window featuring two ogee lights, a 19th-century doorway with continuous chamfer moulding, a round-headed window in deep splay, and two restored Y-tracery windows. The buttressed chancel also has two bays, with two restored windows on the south side, each containing two cusped lights and a quatrefoil in the head, and one lancet window on the north side. The east window is a three-light design from the 19th century, and the south porch is also from this period.
Inside, there are imposts to the blocked west door and moulded imposts to the tower arch. A rood stair is located in the south nave wall, and Y-tracery windows are set in blank arches. The arch-braced roof features wooden corbels with angels holding shields, and roll moulding on the corbels, with most of the restoration dating to 1895. The chancel arch is painted and is likely from the 19th century. There is a cusped piscina with a square hood mould, and some re-used bench ends are present in the chancel. A 19th-century font is also located within the church.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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