Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of Saint Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-glass-bramble
- 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
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of Saint Nicholas, Church Lane, Hockliffe
- OS grid reference
- SP 966 269
- Coordinates
- 51.93286, -0.59625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building located in Hockliffe, Church End on Church Lane. It features a chancel constructed from Totternhoe stone and ironstone, dating back to the 14th century, which includes a large trefoil-headed piscina from the same period. The remainder of the church is primarily from the 15th century. The building has an aisleless nave and a cement-rendered tower topped with a battlemented parapet. The south porch showcases a 15th-century four-centred doorway with decorated spandrels. The church underwent restoration in the 19th century.
Local climate
Church of Saint Nicholas 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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