Church of St Gregory is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Church.
Church of St Gregory
- WRENN ID
- silent-mullion-holly
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Gregory, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 870 414
- Coordinates
- 52.04022, 0.72596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Gregory is the mother church of Sudbury and was originally part of a collegiate foundation known as St Gregory's College, which is located to the west of the church where the present workhouse stands. The church is situated on a Saxon site but is primarily built in the Perpendicular style, with some later additions. It features several notable windows and a south door, as well as 20 miserere stalls. A fine traceried font cover from the 15th century is also present. Additionally, the church houses the preserved head of Archbishop Simon of Sudbury, who was beheaded by a mob during Wat Tyler's rebellion in 1381, located in a niche within the vestry.
Local climate
Church of St Gregory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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