Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- empty-stone-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Rockcliffe
- OS grid reference
- NY 358 616
- Coordinates
- 54.94531, -3.00253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building, constructed in 1848 by James Stewart of Carlisle to replace a medieval church. The tower was rebuilt in 1900 after being struck by lightning in 1899. It is built from snecked calciferous sandstone and features a chamfered plinth, angle buttresses, string courses, and a decorated cornice. The roof is made of graduated green slate with a coped gable, cross finials, and kneelers.
The church includes a three-storey porch/tower on the south-west side, a three-bay nave with a north transept, and a single-bay chancel. The tower has a pointed arch entrance with a moulded surround, while pointed lancet windows with tracery heads and hood moulds are present throughout, along with recessed mullioned panels above. The tower is topped with a broach spire featuring high lucarnes and a weather vane. The nave and chancel also have pointed lancet windows with similar tracery. The east and west windows contain stained glass created in 1849 by John Scott of Carlisle.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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