Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
open-hearth-fen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Mary, Main Street, Gate Helmsley
OS grid reference
SE 690 552
Coordinates
53.98841, -0.94808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building located in Gate Helmsley. It features an early 13th-century arcade and a 15th-century west tower, with substantial restoration carried out in 1885-1886. The church is constructed from sandstone ashlar and has a Welsh slate roof. It comprises a west tower, a three-bay aisled nave with a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a single-bay aisle to the south, and a chapel to the north.

The tower is three stages high, with a blocked window and a three-light window featuring Perpendicular tracery on the second stage. Above this are two two-light belfry windows, topped with a battlement and later pinnacles. The nave has 19th-century square-headed windows in the aisles and clerestory, a basket arch leading to the south porch, and a pointed south door. The chancel's south aisle has two shouldered windows, while a reset 13th-century lancet can be found in the north chapel. The east window consists of three stepped lancets.

Inside, there is a 12th-century capital reused as a stoup in the porch, a 13th-century round-arched arcade, and a pointed 15th-century arch of two chamfered orders leading to the west tower.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 45 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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