Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- dark-stone-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Berkley Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 811 494
- Coordinates
- 51.24349, -2.27197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary, built in 1751, is likely designed by Thomas Prowse of Berkley House. It features whitewashed rubble stonework with dressed Doulting stone quoins and a hipped roof covered in stone slates. The west tower includes Doulting ashlar stonework and is accessed through a west porch that has a ringing floor and a bell chamber above. To the south of the porch is a small vestry. The church has a square nave with a projecting chancel beyond.
The entrance is adorned with a full-width pediment and a semi-circular door opening set in a semi-circular recess, complete with imposts and a keystone. Above the entrance is a plaque and a round-headed window with leaded lights, while the tower features square-headed, wooden louvred bell openings on all four sides, a modillion cornice, and a balustraded parapet topped with tall corner urns. Blocked round-headed openings are present on either side of the tower, with a low stone-tiled roof over the vestry and a prominent stainless steel flue replacing the original stone chimney.
The east window is a triple-light Romanesque design with 19th-century stained glass. The north and south sides of the nave each have central Venetian windows with relieving arches and rectangular leaded lights, with the central window on the north side also featuring stained glass. Blocked round-headed openings are found on each side as well.
Inside, the square, aisled nave has a central glazed cupola and an octagonal dome supported by four Ionic columns set in a square. This dome is surrounded by a moulded plaster ceiling that is beaded and compartmented, showcasing delicate decorative plasterwork. Ionic pilasters adorn the walls, and the flooring consists of stone flagstones with some 19th-century tiles.
In the chancel, there are a pair of finely carved 17th-century panel back chairs. The font, lectern, pulpit, and pews are all from the mid-19th century. A monumental slab inscribed with the history of the Kewborough family from the time of the Conquest until 1680 is located on the east wall of the nave.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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