Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C15 Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- other-glass-hawk
- 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 All Saints, Church Lane, Little Staughton
- OS grid reference
- TL 107 629
- Coordinates
- 52.25399, -0.37917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from the 15th century, with some 14th century details still visible. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and brown cobbles, featuring ashlar dressings. The church includes a chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and a west tower. The chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century but retains a south door from the 14th century and a 15th century chancel arch. The nave has three bays and is supported by buttresses that reach up to the parapet of the north wall. There are three windows on each side of the 15th century clerestory, and a 13th century north doorway. The south arcade is from the 14th century, with the eastern bay narrower than the other two. The south aisle features a southeast window from the 15th century that reuses a 14th century head. The south porch has a pointed outer arch beneath a square head, and the inner doorway retains a 15th century door with traceried panels at the top. The nave, aisle, and porch all have embattled parapets. The 15th century west tower is four stages high, with an embattled parapet, a 19th century octagonal spire, and a two-centred arched west doorway. On the north wall of the chancel, there is a 14th century tomb recess with a crocketed gabled canopy flanked by pinnacles, a quatrefoiled panel on the tomb front, and a 17th century brass inscription set into the tomb. Inside the nave, there is a plain octagonal font from the 15th century, some 16th century pews, and carved stone corbels, one of which depicts a bagpiper.
Local climate
Church of All Saints 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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