Church of St Mary Magdalen is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A Medieval Church. 4 related planning applications.
Church of St Mary Magdalen
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-courtyard-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary Magdalen, the Green, Whipsnade, LU6 2LG
- OS grid reference
- TL 011 179
- Coordinates
- 51.85108, -0.53253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary Magdalen is a red brick church with a 16th-century tower, and a 15th-century stone west doorway. Most of the windows date to the 18th century. The church comprises an aisleless nave built in the 18th century, and a chancel added in 1866. Notable features include a Jacobean pulpit.
Local climate
Church of St Mary Magdalen 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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