Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
turning-roof-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Holford
OS grid reference
ST 156 410
Coordinates
51.16282, -3.2076
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church with some 12th century work believed to survive at the base of the tower. The nave was refenestrated in the early 16th century, while the chancel and north porch were rebuilt between 1842 and 1844. The nave and chancel underwent restoration in the 1870s, and a vestry was added in 1888. The church is constructed of red sandstone random rubble with sandstone dressings, and it features slate roofs and coped verges.

The building consists of a two-bay nave, a west tower, a north porch that opens into the base of the tower, a one-bay chancel, and a vestry. The two-stage tower has a saddleback roof with coped verges, a moulded plinth, a square opening in the gable end, and a three-light window below with a hood mould. The gabled porch has double doors, and to the left are two three-light cinquefoil-headed mullioned windows with hood moulds. The chancel has a two-light window, while the east side features a three-light window. The vestry includes two two-light windows and a door on the west wall. The south wall of the nave has a three-light cinquefoil-headed mullioned window, along with a small two-light hollow chamfered mullioned window in the south-west corner.

Inside, the church has plastered walls, 19th century roofs, and late 19th century fittings, including a multi-coloured marble font.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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