Tower of the Former Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. A Late C15 Tower.
Tower of the Former Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Late C15
- Address
- Tower of the Former Church of St Mary, Compton Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 187
- Coordinates
- 50.96847, -2.17854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower of the former Church of St Mary is a late 15th-century structure located in Compton Abbas. It is built of rough greensand ashlar and features a two-stage design. The tower has a weathered plinth and a string course, with a diagonal buttress on the south side. The west door is characterized by a chamfered, semi-circular head, while the west window consists of two lights under a two-centred head, adorned with vertical tracery and a returned label. The bell stage includes square-headed windows with vertical tracery, and the parapet has strings with gargoyles and is made of brick. Inside, there is a two-centred, chamfered tower arch. The tower is also scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Tower of the Former Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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