Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A C13 Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- stranded-steeple-plover
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Eaton Bray
- OS grid reference
- SP 969 207
- Coordinates
- 51.87675, -0.59252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary, located on Church Lane in Eaton Bray, is a Grade I listed building. It has a very simple exterior made of ashlar Totternhoe stone. Inside, there are impressive Early English arcades featuring five bays with stiff-leaf capitals. The chancel arch dates from the same period, although the chancel itself appears to have been rebuilt in the 15th century. The church has a simple west tower topped with a spike and includes Perpendicular windows. There are shallow transepts, and the south door is adorned with fine mid-13th century iron scrollwork. Notable interior features include a tomb chest for Lady Bray, who died in 1558, along with her eleven children, and a brass inscription commemorating Lord Bray, who died in 1539, as well as another inscription referring to their daughter, Jane.
Local climate
Church of St Mary 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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