The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A C12 Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- far-copper-winter
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Upwaltham, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 943 138
- Coordinates
- 50.91649, -0.6598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building located in Upwaltham. It features a chancel and nave, along with a western bell turret that is weather-boarded and has a hipped tiled roof. The chancel dates back to the 13th century and has an apsidal end, while the nave is from the 12th century. The church is constructed from roughcast Wealden sandstone and has a tiled roof. It is one of only three medieval churches in Sussex with an apsidal end. Inside, there is a crown post roof and a 12th-century piscina made from a volute capital. This charming small medieval church has undergone very little restoration.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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