Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- floating-portal-linden
- 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
- Address
- Church of St Leonard, Leighton Road, Heath and Reach, LU7 0AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 924 277
- Coordinates
- 51.94024, -0.65599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Leonard features a short west tower dating from the 16th century. The nave was constructed in the early 19th century and includes pointed arched windows. An apse was added in 1866, followed by a south porch in 1876. The entire structure is cement rendered.
Local climate
Church of St Leonard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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