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 Circa 1340 Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- shifting-lintel-claret
- 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 Lane, Aldham
- OS grid reference
- TM 040 444
- Coordinates
- 52.06048, 0.97566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a flint church with stone dressings, built around 1340. It features a circular west tower with a base dating from the 11th to 12th century. The chancel has a 14th-century kingpost roof. Inside, there are some 15th-century carved benches and a 15th-century lectern, while most of the pews are restorations from the 19th or 20th century.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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