Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1961. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Parish Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
lone-gable-furze
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1961
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Parish Church of St Mary, the Street, Acton Turville, GL9 1HH
OS grid reference
ST 808 808
Coordinates
51.52637, -2.27751
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Mary is a Church of England building that dates back to the 12th century, with alterations made in the 13th and 15th centuries. It underwent restoration and rebuilding in 1853 by T H Wyatt, which included the addition of a north aisle and vestry. The church is constructed of rubble and features a Cotswold stone slate roof with coped raised verges.

The structure includes a nave, chancel, south porch, and north aisle. The nave has a 15th-century square-headed three-light window with cusped ogee heads and a drip mould. The south porch is made of coursed, squared rubble and has a chamfered two-centred arch under a drip mould, with a south doorway featuring a chamfered doorcase and a Caernarvon arch. There is a 14th-century image niche inserted in the tympanum of the semi-circular head, which has dog-tooth moulding.

The chancel contains a blocked priest's door and two simple lancet windows with chamfered surrounds, one of which is under a drip mould. The north aisle features two windows in the style of the 15th century, with two and three lights, and a reinserted north door with a semi-circular head and dog-tooth moulding.

An elaborate Early English bell turret is located on the east gable of the nave, reportedly added in 1853 following the demolition of the central tower. This turret is made of ashlar and has a stone spirelet with cylindrical pinnacles resting on four piers. The Early English chancel arch is also notable, along with glass, furniture, and a pulpit all dating from 1912. The church has a plain Romanesque circular font set on a restored base from 1912.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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