Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. Parish church.
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- stranded-lime-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Parish church
- Address
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 277 945
- Coordinates
- 51.63531, -0.15606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, located on Church Hill Road in East Barnet, dates back to around 1080 and was originally built by a community of monks. This early church is a single cell structure with an apsidal east end. The north wall remains intact, while fragments of the south wall are incorporated into later work. In the 19th century, the church was enlarged to include a south aisle, a chancel, and an organ recess on the north side. A modern vestry has also been added to the south side. The gallery at the west end was likely renewed in the 19th century, and a tower was added around 1828. The church features several hatchments from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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