Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. A C15 Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- blind-alcove-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, the Street, Kennington
- OS grid reference
- TR 022 451
- Coordinates
- 51.16994, 0.89156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary, located on the northeast side of The Street in Kennington, is primarily a 15th-century structure built of stone rubble. It features a crenellated west tower that is divided into three stages, complete with buttresses and gargoyles. The church has a southwest porch and a four-bay nave that includes a crown post roof, which is supported by moulded tie beams with shield spandrels. There is a chancel arch, along with a chapel and part of an aisle to the south. The north side of the church has two double lancet windows with cinquefoil heads. Temple House is part of the group that includes St Mary's Church and its churchyard.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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