Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
unlit-hammer-solstice
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, King Street, Fordwich
OS grid reference
TR 181 598
Coordinates
51.29577, 1.1271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building located on the north side of King Street in Fordwich. It features a chancel, a nave with a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower topped with a broached shingled spire. The church contains some Saxon work in the nave and the tower, but it is primarily of Norman origin, with later windows added. The chancel and the north aisle date back to the 12th century and remain unrestored. The south porch is constructed from timber framing. The exterior is made of knapped flint, render, and tiles. Inside, there are box pews and other 18th-century fittings, as well as a rare Norman tomb monument. The churchyard features gravestones with carved skulls.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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