Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A C14 Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Margaret

WRENN ID
tilted-threshold-frost
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Margaret, Sharpenhoe Road, Streatley, LU3 3PL
OS grid reference
TL 070 286
Coordinates
51.94566, -0.44443
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building located on Sharpenhoe Road in Streathley. The church features a 14th-century nave with a four-bay arcade, and the north doorway along with the east and west aisle windows date from the same period. The west tower was added in the 15th century, while the chancel was constructed in the late 19th century using brick. A notable feature of the church is the fine 13th-century octagonal font, which has foliage or tracery panels on each face and is supported by a base of four engaged shafts with moulded bases and capitals.

Local climate

Church of St Margaret 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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