The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity is a Grade I listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A Medieval Church.

The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity

WRENN ID
ghost-lime-fern
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1950
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity, Church Road, Faversham
OS grid reference
TR 018 615
Coordinates
51.31712, 0.89481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity is a cruciform church dating from the 14th to 15th centuries, with restorations carried out in the 19th century. In 1755, the interior of the nave was demolished and replaced in a classical style by George Dance, featuring Doric columns, a triglyph frieze adorned with swags and branches in the metopes, and semi-circular openings that frame the medieval clerestory windows on the outside. The original central medieval tower was also taken down in 1797, and a brick openwork spire was constructed at the west end of the church. This spire was encased in stone in 1855 by George Gilbert Scott, who additionally reworked the nave and transepts between 1873 and 1875.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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