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 22 February 1955. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- wild-chalk-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary, Stopham, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- TQ 026 189
- Coordinates
- 50.96071, -0.53965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church located in Stopham. It features a chancel, nave, north and south porches, and a west tower with a hipped tiled roof. The chancel and nave are early Norman in style, with 13th-century windows in the chancel and 14th-century windows in the nave. The tower was rebuilt around 1600. The east window, dated 1638, is a heraldic window that was brought from the Manor Farmhouse and inserted into the church at that time, although the glass itself is older. Inside, the church contains a notable collection of brasses commemorating members of the Barttelot family of Stopham House, dating from the early 15th century onwards, as well as a series of mural tablets dedicated to the Barttelots. This is a very good medieval church that remains unrestored.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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