Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- lesser-chapel-heron
- 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
- Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, the Street, Cobham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 669 683
- Coordinates
- 51.38993, 0.39841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I listed building located in Cobham. The chancel dates back to around 1220, while the chancel arch was added in 1880. The nave was rebuilt around 1365 and features a north porch. The tower, constructed slightly later, is located at the west end and is made of Kentish ragstone, with the main walls of the church built from flint and stone dressings. The church has a long chancel and a square nave, with north and south aisles of different widths that extend westward to enclose the tower. Notable features include an exceptionally fine sequence of brasses from 1299 to 1450, outstanding sedilia from 1370, and a table tomb made of alabaster and black marble, which includes well-sculpted effigies of Lord Cobham and his wife, dated 1558. The church was restored in 1860.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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