Parish Church of St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St Mary's
- WRENN ID
- frozen-moulding-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Parish Church of St Mary's, Church End E17, E17 9RQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 378 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58507, -0.0118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary's is a church, largely dating to the early 16th century, built on the site of an earlier church. It was altered and enlarged in 1818 and 1843, with galleries and a new roof added in 1876. The exterior is stuccoed and features a low-pitched roof with a parapet. The western tower, dating to 1535, has diagonal buttresses and a battlemented parapet.
Inside, the church has a 6-bay nave supported by buttresses and incorporating octagonal piers. Galleries are present on the west and north sides. The nave features 2-light aisle windows with Y tracery. A lower chancel adjoins the nave. The church contains a significant collection of monuments, including a monument to Sir Thomas and Lady Merry from 1633, created by Nicholas Stone and featuring demi-figures in oval niches. Other notable monuments include one commemorating Sigismond Trafford, who died in 1723, alongside his wife and daughter, along with original railings. Numerous other monuments, tablets, and floor slabs are also present.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Mary's sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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