Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1954. A C12 Church.

Parish Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
stubborn-gravel-plover
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1954
Type
Church
Address
Parish Church of St Mary, Whitby, Scarborough
OS grid reference
NZ 901 112
Coordinates
54.489, -0.60987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Mary in Whitby dates back to around 1110, with the transepts and tower added in the 12th and 13th centuries. The roof pitch was altered in 1614, the north wall was removed in 1818, and a porch was added in 1823. The interior is notable for being an unaltered example of a large town church, retaining its fittings from before the 19th century. These include galleries dating from 1695 to 1818, box pews, and a three-decker pulpit from 1778, which was altered in 1847 and equipped with speaking tubes in 1843.

Local climate

Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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