Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
carved-corner-pearl
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Church Street, Upton
OS grid reference
SU 514 870
Coordinates
51.57954, -1.25832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building, likely dating from the 12th century, with restorations carried out in 1885, which included flint facing. An early 20th-century porch and vestry were also added. The church features coursed squared knapped flint on the nave with stone quoins, while the chancel is constructed with unknapped flint. The nave has an old plain-tile roof, and the chancel has a 19th-century plain-tile roof. A 19th-century wooden bell-cote with a wood-shingle pyramidal roof is located to the left.

The church has a four and a half-bay nave with a chancel. A plank door is situated at the center of the nave, featuring a Romanesque round-arched doorway with zig-zag moulding. To the left, there is a lancet window, and to the right, a 19th-century three-light stone mullion window with ogee-shaped heads. The chancel has a trefoil-topped paired lancet to the left and a Romanesque lancet to the right. A 19th-century three-lancet window is located at the east end of the chancel. The rear of the church includes lancets for both the chancel and nave, along with a lean-to vestry on the right.

Inside, the church has a 19th-century braced collar-truss roof over the chancel, along with a 19th-century altar rail, choir stalls, and encaustic tiles on the floor. The chancel arch is Romanesque and features dog-tooth moulding on the imposts. The nave has a 15th-century queen-strut roof with two rows of wind braces, and there is a Romanesque round stone font on a 19th-century base. A round-arched doorway leads to the vestry.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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