Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
plain-cupola-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Bridport
OS grid reference
SY 481 925
Coordinates
50.73002, -2.73534
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a parish church that was completely rebuilt in 1863, although it is dated 1809 on the east gable. It features rubble stone walls and slate roofs, with a nave and chancel, a north aisle, and a south porch. The church has stone gable-copings on both the west and east gables, with the west gable displaying moulded kneelers. A stone sanctus bell-cote with a pitched roof is situated at the west gable, and there is a stone cross at the east gable. The building is one storey high and has three windows in the nave and two in the chancel, featuring single lancets with deep-chamfered jambs. The nave includes a two-light window with Y-tracery and a chamfered label above, while the windows have lozenge-leaded and stained glass lights.

The south porch is made of dressed stone and has a slate roof, with stone gable-copings that include roll-kneelers and a trefoiled apex-block. The entrance is a pointed arch with straight-chamfered jambs and a chamfered label above, leading to a two-leaf plank door with strap hinges.

Inside, the church has a north arcade consisting of three bays supported by octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The chancel arch features two pairs of responds and moulded capitals. The roof is a collar-beam design with king-posts and transverse strutting. The font is made of Purbeck marble, with a basin decorated with fleurons, spread arrows, and blind-arch ornament, dating from the early 13th century, and it stands on a stone cylindrical stem with a scalloped base.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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