Parish Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury, Shaw Cum Donnington, RG14 2DR
- OS grid reference
- SU 474 683
- Coordinates
- 51.41177, -1.31849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St. Mary is a church built between 1840 and 1842, designed by Joseph Hansom, with a chancel added in 1878 by William Butterfield. The west tower, nave, and south porch are constructed from Bath stone ashlar, while the chancel and vestry to the north are made of flint with Bath stone dressings. The church has a slate roof and is designed in a Norman style, with the chancel reflecting late 13th-century influences.
The west tower consists of three stages and features angle buttresses. It has a west door with two orders and a two-light window above that includes a central shaft. The third stage has diagonal buttresses and two-light openings for the bell chamber. The tower is topped with a corbelled parapet adorned with pinnacles and a short spire.
The nave is made up of six bays and is characterized by tall round-headed windows, shallow buttresses, a plinth, a parapet, and a stair turret located at the south-west corner. The gabled south porch has a south door with a single order and chevron decoration.
The chancel contains two two-light windows on the south side and a three-light east window with a cinquefoiled head. The vestry features a rose window and a stack above on the east side.
Inside, the nave includes a west gallery and a roof dating from around 1840, along with a plain Norman font. The chancel arch is moulded and chamfered, while the chancel itself has a wagon roof with contemporary painted decoration. The church contains fittings from around 1878, as well as numerous monuments from the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the nave, including a notable monument from 1707 dedicated to Sir Thomas Dolman, which features a breastplate and helmet on the north-east wall of the nave.
Local climate
Parish Church of St. Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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