Church of St Mary and St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Mary and St Martin

WRENN ID
haunted-postern-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary and St Martin, Church Lane, Kirton, IP10 0PS
OS grid reference
TM 281 397
Coordinates
52.00896, 1.32258
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary and St Martin is a parish church located on Church Lane in Kirton. The nave and chancel date from the 16th century, and the tower was rebuilt in the same century. The church underwent significant alterations in the mid-19th century when a north aisle was added. The tower is constructed of septaria, flint, and brick, featuring a string course of brick and a battlemented belfry stage. The nave and chancel are made of septaria and flint, with repairs done in red brick, and the south wall of the nave is stuccoed. The tower includes two diagonal, stepped buttresses, a 14th-century west doorway with a moulded pointed arch, and a panel window above the brick dressings to the stonework. The belfry has louvred windows with pointed brick arches and jambs, along with Y tracery. Inside the church, there is a 13th-century font with a square bowl on a round shaft supported by four detached columns, a 15th-century piscina, and a blocked south doorway.

Local climate

Church of St Mary and St Martin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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