Greek Orthodox Church of St Charalambos is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. Church. 6 related planning applications.

Greek Orthodox Church of St Charalambos

WRENN ID
first-flue-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Greek Orthodox Church of St Charalambos, Lower Harpenden Road, East Hyde, LU2 9QS
OS grid reference
TL 127 173
Coordinates
51.84342, -0.36401
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Greek Orthodox Church of St Charalambos, formerly known as the Church of The Holy Trinity, is a building constructed between 1840 and 1841 by architect Benjamin Ferrey. It features a Neo-Norman style, with a facade that includes two large round Norman piers flanking the entrance. The church has open staircases with Norman colonettes that turn left and right, and it is distinguished by an asymmetrically placed turret.

Local climate

Greek Orthodox Church of St Charalambos 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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