Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
outer-kitchen-meadow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Road, Stalisfield
OS grid reference
TQ 967 524
Coordinates
51.23716, 0.81695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the 13th century, with restoration work completed in 1904. It is constructed of flint and sandstone and features a plain tiled roof. The church includes a chancel with a south chapel, a nave with aisles, and a north tower. The exterior has been heavily restored, with the tower topped by a weather vane dated 1904, above a wooden belfry with a tiled roof. The east window is a three-light window from the 15th century, while the other windows are from the 19th century. The west doorway is double chamfered.

Inside, the nave has arcades of two bays supported by square piers with chamfered corners, leading to heavy moulded abaci and trefoiled archlets. The roof features three tall crown posts. There is a single chamfered arch on imposts leading from the chancel to the chapel, with a blocked arch to a demolished north chapel, and a double chamfered chancel arch. Notable fittings include a trefoil-headed piscina in the chancel and a 15th-century rood screen with five bays, each featuring four-light traceried openings and crenellated oblique transoms. Above the blank tracery on the lower panels is a vine motif frieze, with angels, eagles, and roses in the spandrels. Attached shafts support a frieze of Tudor flowers with a renewed cove. The font, dating from the 13th century, stands on five shafts and has four blank arches on each side of the bowl. A royal coat of arms, which was obscured at the time of the survey, is carved in high relief on the south wall of the nave.

Local climate

Church of St 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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