Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Parish Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
lunar-copper-pine
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Finchley and Golders Green MP: Sarah Sackman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1949
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Parish Church of St Mary, Hendon Lane N3
OS grid reference
TQ 249 905
Coordinates
51.59972, -0.19769
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Mary, located on Hendon Lane in Finchley, is a building that dates back to the 15th century and has undergone significant restoration in 1872, with further additions made in 1932. Some remnants of a 12th-century church have been preserved. The church features a battlemented west tower and an open timber roof in the nave from the 15th century. There is a 17th-century gallery at the west end and a 13th-century octagonal font made of Purbeck marble, which has two pointed blank panels on each face. The church also contains several brasses and hatchments.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Mary 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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