Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bailey-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Main Street, Rievaulx, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 577 851
- Coordinates
- 54.25922, -1.11558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building, constructed in 1906, which incorporates fabric from a 13th-century church that previously occupied the same site. Designed by Temple Moore, it is built from limestone and sandstone ashlar with a stone slate roof, showcasing a Gothic Revival style.
The church features a single cell nave and chancel with five bays, along with a 20th-century vestry and a tower that projects from the north side. The west front displays 13th-century masonry on the lower half of the wall, with a central doorway beneath a pointed arch that has a hood-mould, flanked by two small square windows. To the left, there is a massive diagonal buttress, while a clasping buttress is positioned to the right. The gable end features 20th-century masonry with one window. The nave has two bays, with substantial 13th-century fabric overbuilt in the 20th century, and there is a reset 16th-century window on the north side.
The tower consists of two stages with angle buttresses, displaying Early English features and topped with a broach spire. The chancel is adorned with a three-light window featuring curvilinear tracery.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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