Church of Saint Mary is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1970. A Medieval Church.
Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- fading-porch-yarrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1970
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of Saint Mary, Scorton Road, South Cowton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 293 026
- Coordinates
- 54.41861, -1.54968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Mary is a Grade I listed building, primarily dating from the 15th century. It is constructed of rubblestone and sandstone ashlar, topped with a lead roof. The church features a west tower, a nave, a two-storey south porch, and a chancel, with a north-east vestry attached.
The tower is designed in the Perpendicular style, showcasing flat-headed windows and a belfry opening with two ogee-arched lights and a flat hoodmould. It includes a stair turret with a parapet and an embattled parapet adorned with pinnacles. The south porch has a pointed-arch chamfered doorway with a hoodmould, two panels with hoodmoulds, and a vaulted interior. The porch also features a parapet with pinnacles at the corners.
The nave consists of three bays, each with windows of varying designs: three-light, two-light, and three-light ogee-arched windows with cusped lights and flat hoodmoulds, all topped with a parapet. The chancel has three bays; the first and third bays contain two-cusped-light windows with flat hoodmoulds, while the central bay features a four-centre-arched doorway with a hoodmould. Above this doorway are two panels with hoodmoulds displaying the Conyers and Boynton Arms, along with a parapet.
Inside, the church has a shallow-pitched tie-beam roof, a 15th-century octagonal font, and a 15th-century painting on the chancel arch. The choir stalls and rood screen date from the 15th century and include one-light divisions. Additionally, there are 15th-century alabaster effigies of Sir Christopher Boynton and his two wives, along with 19th-century carving of a mailed glove with a helmet and a bird, which is designed to fit above a funerary hatchment.
Local climate
Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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