Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1993. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1993
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic), High Street, Carlton, DN14 9NL
OS grid reference
SE 647 243
Coordinates
53.71122, -1.02023
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Roman Catholic church built in 1842, designed by the architectural firm Hadfield of Weightman & Hadfield from Sheffield. The construction was carried out by Mr. Wm Bradley of Selby for the stone and brickwork, and Mr. Bairstow of Selby for the woodwork. The church features a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a north vestry. It is constructed of white brick with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs with coped ashlar gables, moulded kneelers, and cross finials. The building includes a chamfered plinth and cill band, as well as a moulded eaves band.

At the west end, there is a three-light pointed arch window with panel tracery. A square projecting bellcote with a small pointed arch and a gabled top is located at the right corner. The north side of the nave has three two-light pointed arch windows with panel tracery, while the south side has three similar windows, along with a projecting gabled porch that features a pointed arch doorway and a trefoil window above it. The chancel has a single three-light pointed arch window with panel tracery on the south side and a larger similar window on the east side, which includes a canopied niche above it. The north chancel features a projecting vestry with a tall gable stack and a flat-headed two-light window.

Inside, the church has a single hammer beam roof in the nave and a cross-braced roof in the chancel. There is a west gallery with a Gothic balustrade supported by a single iron column. The interior fittings include original pews, an altar, a reredos, and a rood cross, along with a later brass altar rail and elaborate side altars flanking the chancel arch.

Local climate

Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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