Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1951. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
dusk-soffit-auburn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1951
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Square, Rye, TN31 7HE
OS grid reference
TQ 921 203
Coordinates
50.95011, 0.73423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a parish church built in a cruciform shape. The chancel, crossing, transepts, and nave were constructed between 1150 and 1180, with alterations made in the 15th century. The north and south aisles were added in the late 12th century, and the north and south chapels were built between 1220 and 1250. In the 15th century, flying buttresses were added to the southeast end of the chancel. The church features fine perpendicular windows at the east end of the chancel and the south chapel.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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