Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A Medieval Church. 4 related planning applications.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- low-groin-tarn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Caldecote Road, SG7 5LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 236 384
- Coordinates
- 52.0305, -0.19893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II* listed building located on Caldecote Road in Caldecote. This church, now no longer in use, dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed from clunch and flint rubble, with some brickwork. The structure features a small nave and chancel that are undivided, along with a two-stage west tower. The tower has a buttressed lower stage and a plain parapet.
The late 14th-century tower includes ground and upper floor windows with two lights. The south porch, built in the 15th century, has an arched door set in a moulded square frame, with a cinquefoiled window on each side wall. The porch, nave, and chancel all have embattled parapets. On the south wall of the nave, there is a 15th-century three-light window with a depressed arch and three cinquefoiled lancets, along with six cinquefoiled lancets in the tympanum. To the right, there is a single square-headed cinquefoiled lancet, and a restored south chancel window. The east window is similar to the three-light nave window. The north wall of the nave displays 18th-century brickwork and a 15th-century arched door frame.
Inside, the porch features a canopied and crocketed stoup. The nave contains an unusually rich 15th-century octagonal font with traceried and cusped panels, as well as shields and foliage beneath the bowl. There are also some 15th-century nave benches and an incomplete kneeling figure of Rector William Makesey, who died in 1424. Additionally, a decorative roundel from the 15th century can be found in the east window.
Local climate
Church of St Mary Magdalene sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 — 4 applications
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