The Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lost-landing-moth
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary, Compton, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 777 147
- Coordinates
- 50.92714, -0.89468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary is a 13th-century church that underwent significant restoration in 1849. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a tiled roof. The church comprises a chancel and nave, a south aisle, a north porch, and a western bell-turret, which is covered in weather-boarding and topped with a broached shingled spire. There is a blocked round-headed north arcade that retains one well-preserved waterleaf capital from the late 12th century, along with a 13th-century arcade.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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