Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
idle-bastion-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, B6259, Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 781 014
Coordinates
54.40793, -2.33749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed Chapel of Ease, founded in the 14th century and extensively rebuilt in 1663 for Lady Anne Clifford, as indicated by the renewed inscription over the porch door. The church underwent restorations in 1768, 1879, and 1909. It features coursed, squared rubble on a plinth, with buttresses on the north and west walls. The roof is covered with graduated slate and has stone copings and kneelers, along with a chimney and belfry at the west end. The building is a single cell with a south porch.

The south door, dating from the 17th century, has a semicircular head and continuous cavetto moulding. To the left of the porch is a small 2-light mullioned window, and to the right are three semicircular-headed windows from the 18th century. The north wall has two 3-light windows from the 17th century, while the east window was inserted in 1926. Inside, there is a panel with the Royal coat-of-arms dated 1663 in the chancel, a panelled polygonal pulpit with an adjustable reading stand from 1798, a small octagonal font with a moulded base and top from 1663, and a bread cupboard next to the south door for Middleton's Charity, dated 1784.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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