The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- young-marble-cream
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Willingdon and Jevington
- OS grid reference
- TQ 589 024
- Coordinates
- 50.79983, 0.25414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building located on the north side of Church Street in Willingdon. The church features a chancel, a nave with an aisle, and a tower at the west end of the aisle, which does not have internal communication with the church. The tower dates from the late 12th to early 13th century, while the nave and aisle were built in the 14th century, and the chancel was completed in the late 14th century. The church has a kingpost roof and a Perpendicular style square font with a parallel stem. Additionally, there is a Jacobean monument dedicated to the Parkers of Ratton.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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