Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A 12th-Perpendicular (explicit phases described) Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- endless-corner-honey
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Oakley
- OS grid reference
- TL 010 529
- Coordinates
- 52.16575, -0.52382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a historic building constructed from coursed limestone rubble, topped with an old clay tile roof over the chancel. The base of the west tower and the western end of the nave date back to the late 12th century. Originally, the nave consisted of three bays, with the east bay being added later. The north arcade features two bays and is from the early 13th century, while the south arcade is slightly later. The remainder of the church is in the Perpendicular style, including the top of the tower, the two-storey south porch, and the battlements. Inside, the north chapel contains a painted screen that depicts Christ seated on a rainbow, and there is a complete set of buttressed pews.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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