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 C14 Church.
The Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- hushed-pilaster-winter
- 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
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Mary, Church Street, Petworth, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 976 218
- Coordinates
- 50.98792, -0.60964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Mary is a large church featuring a chancel with a north chapel and a south vestry, a north transept, and a tower instead of a south transept, along with a nave and aisles. The chancel dates from the 13th century, while the rest of the church is primarily from the 14th century. It was restored by Sir Charles Barry in 1827 and again in 1902. Barry added the top of the tower in 1827, which was originally stuccoed with a spire above. In 1953, the spire and stucco were removed, revealing the red brick of the tower, a project carried out by architects Seely & Paget. Inside, there is a west gallery and a gallery in the north transept, which served as the private pew for the owners of Petworth House. Additionally, there is a statue at the west end of the north aisle depicting the third Lord Egremont, created by E H Bailey, R.A.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- The South Entrance to the Churchyard
- Petworth War Memorial
- Squire's Holt
- St Mary's Cottage
- The Old Estate Office
- The Former Lamp Standard at the Junction of East Street and Church Street
- North House
- The Gate Posts of the Wood Yard Gate, Petworth House the Gate Posts of the Wood Yard Gates to Petworth House, North Street
- The Nook (North West Wing), The Nook (North East Wing, Including Pandora's Box), Hell's Bells Corner and Christies
- The Servant's Wing