Church of St Swithun is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. A Victorian Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Swithun
- WRENN ID
- odd-mantel-cobweb
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Swithun, High Street, Sandy, SG19 1AJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 173 490
- Coordinates
- 52.1275, -0.2865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Swithun is a large ironstone church with aisles and transepts. The west tower and south aisle arcades are of mediaeval origin, while the majority of the church’s fabric dates to 1860 and is the work of W G Habershon. Inside the chancel, the chapel arcades, chancel arch, and roof corbels feature naturalistic foliage carvings. Several monuments are present, including a white marble statue of Captain Sir William Peel by W Theed, dated 1861.
Local climate
Church of St Swithun 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- 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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