Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A C15 Church. 4 related planning applications.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
riven-basalt-alder
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Chatham and Aylesford MP: Tristan Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1959
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Burham
OS grid reference
TQ 716 620
Coordinates
51.33125, 0.46268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church located in Burham, dating from the 12th to the 15th centuries, with restoration completed in 1956. The building features a tower, nave with a south porch, and a chancel, constructed from random ragstone rubble and topped with plain tiled roofs.

The west tower, built in the 15th century, has three stages and includes pointed arched and traceried windows on the first stage above the entrance, as well as on all sides at the belfry stage. It is adorned with a crenellated parapet and an octagonal south-west stair turret that is only visible at the level of the parapet. The nave has two windows on the south side, with the porch to the left, and three windows on the north side. There are 12th-century windows on the right side of the nave's south side, while the north side features blocked windows. The blocked arcades of the north aisle are clearly visible on both the nave and chancel, with a former aisle also present on the south side.

The chancel, dating from the 13th century, has one window on each side and a 14th-century east window. Inside, simple 13th-century nave arcades are partially visible, supported by square piers and pointed single-chamfered arches. The nave features a timber roof that is braced and trussed with ashlars. The church also contains a Norman font with a square bowl decorated with arcade side motifs.

Local climate

Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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