Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Church.
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- dim-truss-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tinker Pot Lane, West Kingsdown
- OS grid reference
- TQ 563 606
- Coordinates
- 51.32337, 0.24293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, located in West Kingsdown, was built between 1851 and 1852 by Talbot Bury. This church, along with a school and vicarage, was intended to serve as the foundation for a new parish. The building is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a tiled roof, a nave, and a chancel. It also includes a west bellcote and a south porch.
Local climate
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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