Ruins of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Church.
Ruins of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- upper-alcove-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Ruins of Church of St Mary, Pluckley Road, Little Chart
- OS grid reference
- TQ 934 466
- Coordinates
- 51.18663, 0.76695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Church of St Mary are located on Pluckley Road in Little Chart. The remaining parts of this building include the tower, built by Sir John Darell around 1500, and part of the contemporary chancel. The tower is constructed of ragstone and features two stages, with a double cinquefoil window. The church originally consisted of a chancel with a north chapel, a nave with a north aisle, and a west tower, which was destroyed by a flying bomb during the Second World War.
Local climate
Ruins of 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 lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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