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 Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Bildeston Road, Little Finborough
OS grid reference
TM 018 549
Coordinates
52.15604, 0.94949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church located in Little Finborough, originally built in the medieval period with alterations made in 1856. The church consists of a nave and chancel, with a 19th and 20th-century vestry on the north side. It is constructed from flint rubble with freestone dressings, while the south side of the nave and part of the north are rendered. There is some remodelling in 16th-century brick on the north side. The roofs are made of concrete with plain tiles, and there is a 19th-century bellcote at the west gable, built from flint rubble and ashlar in the Decorated style.

Notable features include a mid-14th-century two-light window at the southwest corner, along with two other windows that were renewed in the 19th century. The east window, also from the 14th century, features intersecting tracery and was restored in the 19th century. There are two early 16th-century south chancel windows with square heads. The south doorway dates to the 14th century and has a segmental-pointed head, with shafted jambs that may be of earlier origin. The nave has a 17th-century butt-purlin roof, and above the rood beam is a coat of arms dated 1767. A thorough restoration, including interior refurbishing, was carried out in 1856.

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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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