Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- still-cornice-wax
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Street, Higham, ME3 7LR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 716 742
- Coordinates
- 51.44086, 0.46828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building that was remodelled in 1357, although it contains evidence of Saxon and Norman work, as well as a 13th-century base. The windows were renewed in 1863, designed to replicate the original style with flowing tracery. The church is constructed from ragstone with flint bands and features a tiled roof topped with a shingled spirelet. A 19th-century south porch has been added. The layout includes a chancel and nave with a chapel and south aisle of nearly equal size, which are now used as the nave and chancel. There is no chancel arch, but a 14th-century rood screen made of moulded and carved oak is present. The church also has a stone arcade with three bays, a 14th-century south door, a pulpit, and a font. An arcaded recess can be found in the north wall, along with two tomb chests from the 15th and 17th centuries.
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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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