Parish Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1971. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- muted-paling-ivy
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1971
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Parish Church of St Andrew, Ampthill
- OS grid reference
- TL 037 382
- Coordinates
- 52.03311, -0.48962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The nave and chancel were built in the 14th century, while the aisles, west tower, and south porch were added in the 15th century. The interior has been restored and reseated twice in the 19th century. Notable features include a brass memorial to Sir Nicolas Harvey, who attended Queen Catherine at Ampthill Castle in 1532, and marble monuments from 1672 and 1681 dedicated to Richard Nicolls of Ampthill Park, who captured New Amsterdam in 1664 and renamed it New York. There is also a marble column, believed to be ancient Roman, placed in the chancel on an inscribed pedestal dedicated to the Second Earl of Upper Ossory, who lived from 1745 to 1818. The church is part of a group with Nos 24 and 26, as well as Nos 34 and 36, and the Little Dynevor Nos 1 to 7 (consecrated) Feoffee Almshouses on Church Street.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Andrew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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