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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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