Ruins of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1950. A Medieval Church.

Ruins of St Mary's Church

WRENN ID
tenth-frieze-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1950
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Ruins of St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road
OS grid reference
TR 127 342
Coordinates
51.06819, 1.03541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ruins of St Mary's Church, located on St Mary's Road in West Hythe, date back to the 12th century, with the nave being lengthened in the 14th century. The church is constructed of rubble with stone dressings and features a pointed arched doorway. It was burned down in 1620.

Local climate

Ruins of St Mary's Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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