Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
north-chimney-gold
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Fleet Marston
OS grid reference
SP 779 159
Coordinates
51.83688, -0.8698
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a redundant parish church dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, with alterations made in the 14th and 15th centuries, and restoration completed in 1868-1869. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone, featuring a chamfered plinth and diagonal off-set buttresses, topped with old tile roofs.

On the north side of the nave, there is a slight projection at the west end, which includes a large single light window, mostly from the 19th century, and a restored 15th-century two-light window with tracery. The central entrance is framed by a two-centred chamfered arch and a rebuilt porch, which retains an old cusped light on each side. The south side of the nave has a four-light cusped window with a flat head. At the west end of the ridge, there is a small square bell-cote, rendered, with gables on each side.

The chancel windows have also been significantly restored, with the north and east walls each featuring a cusped single light. The south side includes one similar window, a two-light window with ogee tracery and a flat head, as well as a doorway with a two-centred chamfered arch.

Inside, there is an early 14th-century chancel arch that is slightly four-centred and double chamfered, supported by semi-octagonal piers with moulded capitals, each adorned with four ball-flower motifs. The nave boasts a fine 15th-century roof featuring queen posts, curved braces to the collar, and curved wind-braces. A piscina basin is located in the south window-sill of the chancel, along with one locker recess. The circular font, likely from the 13th century, has a tapering basin on a plain stem and has been re-cut. There are also two memorial tablets from the late 18th and 19th centuries.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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