Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- peeling-minaret-tarn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, High Street, Eggington
- OS grid reference
- SP 956 251
- Coordinates
- 51.91687, -0.61025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael, located on High Street in Egginton, is a Grade II* listed building. It was originally a chapel of ease to Leighton Buzzard. The nave is constructed of ironstone, while the chancel is made from Totternhoe stone. The nave and chancel arch date back to the early 14th century but have been extensively restored and rebuilt in the 19th century. All the windows, along with the chancel and bell turret, were also added in the 19th century.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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