The Parish Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
The Parish Church of Saint Mary
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of Saint Mary, Horton Road, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 562 685
- Coordinates
- 51.39457, 0.24396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary is a cruciform church dating from around 1190, with alterations from the 14th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and has some repairs in stock brick, topped with a tiled roof. In 1816-17, George Smith rebuilt the tower in brick and removed the eastern half of the chancel. Ewan Christian restored the stonework in 1862-63. The south porch is medieval. The 14th-century nave features four bays and a crown post roof, while the aisles were demolished in the 14th century. Notable features include the Early English crossing arches with stop-chamfers and deep moulded abaci. The chancel has lancet capitals of Canterbury type, characterized by trumpet-shaped bowls, square abaci, and acanthus foliage. Inside the chancel, there are five Bathurst cartouches, the earliest dating to 1688, as well as notable brasses, including one for Alice Drayton, who died in 1468.
Local climate
The Parish Church of Saint Mary 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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