Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1987. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- heavy-string-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Romsey Road, Copythorne
- OS grid reference
- SU 307 146
- Coordinates
- 50.9305, -1.56421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church built in 1834 by T Benham, with later alterations by Butterfield in 1891. The church features walls made of red brick in English bond, accented with stone dressings, and has stepped buttresses, particularly diagonal ones at the corners. It has tall bands, window heads, and eave fascia, all topped with slate roofs. The nave consists of three bays and has very narrow aisles, while the western tower incorporates the entrance lobby and west door. The chancel, which is taller, was added during the later phase of construction.
The church has coupled lancet windows, with the eastern bay (the original east end) displaying triple lancets beneath two additional lancets and two quatrefoils. Each wall of the chancel features two lancets, and the east end has a higher quatrefoil window. The tower is divided into three stages and includes pointed and chamfered arches within hoodmoulds, a crenellated parapet, and plain cemented corner pinnacles.
Inside, the church has a plain interior with slender columns, and the arcading features opening timber framing, which is repeated at a higher level across the chancel. The lower walls of the chancel are panelled. The pulpit and lectern are positioned on the line of the first step, somewhat related to the original layout. There is an octagonal font styled in the 15th century. A western gallery is supported by slender columns, and a Royal Coat of Arms, possibly from 1834, hangs on the north wall.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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