Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- scattered-lintel-pine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Lower Slaughter
- OS grid reference
- SP 165 226
- Coordinates
- 51.90185, -1.76045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary, built in 1867, retains a 13th-century arcade and was designed by Benjamin Ferrey for Charles Shapland Whitmore. The church is constructed of coursed square rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and includes a nave, north aisle, chancel, aisle, chapel, and west tower. It features Early English and Decorated architectural styles, except for the restored north arcade, which has three cylindrical piers with scalloped capitals and pointed chamfered arches from the late 12th or early 13th century Transitional Norman period. Most of the fittings are Victorian or modern, with limited interest, except for one window by Clayton & Bell from 1867. The two-stage tower has diagonal buttresses and a broad spire behind parapets that are pierced by trefoils. Inside, there is a tub font, a 13th-century piscina in the chancel, an early 20th-century alabaster reredos, and various ledgers, 19th-century brasses, and stained glass dedicated to the Whitmore family.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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