The Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. A Circa 1300 Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-nave-candle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary, the Street, Harting, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 784 194
- Coordinates
- 50.9688, -0.88455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary is a parish church located in Harting, dating from around 1300, with elements from the late 16th century. It is constructed from malmstone rubble and features tiled roofs. The church has a cruciform layout, with a north chapel adjacent to the chancel and originally a south chapel, which is now in ruins. There are aisles to the nave and a north porch. The central tower is topped with a broached spire covered in copper. Most of the church dates back to around 1300, except for the south chapel, which was added by the Cryll family as their mortuary chapel around 1610 but fell into ruins by the 19th century. The north porch was added in 1938. The original roof was destroyed by fire around 1576 and was subsequently rebuilt in the late 16th century.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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