The Parish Church of St Mary (Including the Frewen Mausoleum) is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A Medieval Church.

The Parish Church of St Mary (Including the Frewen Mausoleum)

WRENN ID
slow-eave-burdock
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1961
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
The Parish Church of St Mary (Including the Frewen Mausoleum), Church Lane, Northiam
OS grid reference
TQ 830 245
Coordinates
50.99095, 0.60634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Mary, which includes the Frewen Mausoleum, features a chancel with north and south chapels, a north transept that was originally the Frewen mausoleum, a nave with aisles, and a west tower topped with a spire. The base of the tower is from the Norman period, while the upper part dates to the 13th century and the stone spire is from the 15th century. The nave is from the 14th century, and the east end was rebuilt between 1835 and 1838. The Frewen mausoleum, designed by Sydney Smirke for Thomas Frewen Turner of Brickwall, was constructed in 1846 and initially had no connection to the church; it was converted into a chapel or north transept in 1978.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St Mary (Including the Frewen Mausoleum) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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