Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- silent-rubble-clover
- Grade
- I
- 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, Kensworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 031 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86045, -0.50385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building located in Kensworth, Church End. It is primarily constructed of flint, with a tower made of Totternhoe stone. The chancel and aisleless nave date back to the Norman period and feature high, small windows in the north wall that are contemporary to the original structure. A 12th-century south doorway remains, with the east capital displaying interlaced patterns and the west capital depicting two fables: the wolf and the crane, and the kite and the snake. The east window and all south windows are in the Perpendicular style, as is the west tower.
Local climate
Church of St Mary 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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