Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- gilded-pier-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Willisham
- OS grid reference
- TM 070 504
- Coordinates
- 52.11386, 1.02313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church built in 1878 by H.J. Green of Norwich, designed in the style of the late 13th century. It features a nave, chancel, and a south porch, constructed from flint and septaria rubble with freestone dressings. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and have parapet gables. At the west end, there is a notable corbelled bellcote with a steep gabled head. The windows are hood-moulded and exhibit Geometric tracery. Inside, there is a fine 15th-century font made of limestone; the octagonal bowl is adorned with angels holding shields, and figures of lions are positioned at the angles of the stem. The church retains many original fittings and fixtures. This building occupies the site of a medieval parish church that had a similar two-cell layout.
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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