Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A C14 and C15 Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- roaming-gateway-sedge
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Hill, Kersey
- OS grid reference
- TM 002 439
- Coordinates
- 52.05772, 0.91892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building located on high ground to the south of Kersey village. This church, constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries, features a north aisle built around 1335, with the tower's foundations laid at that time and completed in 1481. The west tower consists of four stages, diagonal buttresses, a castellated parapet adorned with flint chequerwork, and an octagonal stair turret, making it a prominent landmark.
The south porch has two bays, with buttresses that rise to crocketted pinnacles, chequerwork panels on the front, and a castellated parapet also featuring chequerwork. Inside, the ceiling showcases moulded and carved beams along with carved panels. The north porch is similar but less ornate. The chancel was rebuilt in 1862. The nave roof is supported by hammer beams that alternate with tie beams, featuring arched braces that meet at the center.
Interior fittings include two fonts, one from the 12th century and another from the 15th century, along with a 15th-century lectern and chancel screen. The north aisle contains a defaced stone carved frieze.
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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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