St Mary's Church Steps and forecourt wall is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Church steps and wall.
St Mary's Church Steps and forecourt wall
- WRENN ID
- cold-timber-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Church steps and wall
- Address
- St Mary's Church Steps and forecourt wall, Marlbrough Street, Andover
- OS grid reference
- SU 364 457
- Coordinates
- 51.21011, -1.479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Mary's Church Steps and forecourt wall were built around 1850. The church is situated at a higher elevation than the earlier medieval structure, and the location of the former nave is indicated by a series of steps leading from the street to the west door, bordered by forecourt walls. There are stone piers on either side of the entrance and at the north end, featuring gables, chamfered corners, and stepped moulding at the base. The wall has a flint base, with the upper section made of stonework that includes a regular series of lancet openings and a weathering cap that rises to align with the piers. The southernmost pier is currently missing.
Local climate
St Mary's Church Steps and forecourt wall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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