Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pier-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Stansted Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 607 621
- Coordinates
- 51.33549, 0.30607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building, completely rebuilt around 1400 and restored in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone and features plain tiled roofs. The church includes a west tower, a nave with a north aisle, and a chancel. The three-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses and a low broach spire, with rectangular belfry openings. On the first storey of the tower, there is a tall lancet window above a painted arched doorway, which has a drip-mould above it. The doors are boarded and fitted with strap-hinges.
The nave consists of two bays, with a pair of two-light mullioned windows on the south side; the left window is flat-headed, while the right is pointed-arched, both featuring drip-moulds above. There is a single flat-headed two-light window on the north side. The chancel has one bay, with flat-headed windows to the north and south, and a pointed-arched window to the east. All tracery has been restored.
Inside, the church features the original tower arch, a two-bay north aisle, and a chancel arch, all supported by octagonal piers. The arches have hollow chamfers. A wooden chancel screen, possibly predating the current church, is adorned with ogee quatrefoils. The roofs are of rafter construction.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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