Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1966. A Victorian Church.
Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-jamb-gorse
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of Saint Mary, Church Lane, Westow
- OS grid reference
- SE 759 660
- Coordinates
- 54.08482, -0.84078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II* listed building located on Westow Church Lane. The church features a 15th-century tower with a nave and chancel added in 1864 by the architects Mallinson and Healey. It is constructed from limestone rubble and ashlar, with a Westmorland slate roof, and the Victorian section is designed in a Geometric style.
The west tower is flanked by diagonal buttresses and has a blocked west door with a crude hood-mould. It includes three 19th-century stepped cinquefoil-headed lights set in an original 15th-century frame, along with a small square-headed chamfered window above. A string course runs along the tower, which has two-light belfry windows on each face and an embattled parapet.
The south porch features a double door beneath a massive concrete lintel with a triangular overlight. The nave has two-light pointed windows, while the chancel includes a priests' door on the south side, with a lancet window to the left and a two-light pointed window to the right. The north side has a vestry with a two-light square-headed window, and the east end of the chancel is adorned with a three-light pointed window.
Inside, there is a small 12th-century panel depicting the Crucifixion, which is incorporated into a memorial for a former incumbent on the west wall of the nave. A Saxon cross head is located in the north-west corner of the nave, and a Norman tub font with cable moulding is present. The chancel also contains a black marble memorial to George Montaigne, who died in 1669.
Local climate
Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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