Church of St Edmund is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. A C15 Church.
Church of St Edmund
- WRENN ID
- upper-vestry-curlew
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Edmund, Assington
- OS grid reference
- TL 935 387
- Coordinates
- 52.01383, 0.81938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Edmund is a 15th-century church built from flint with stone dressings. The chancel was rebuilt in 1830, and the west tower was reconstructed in 1863 during a restoration of the church. The tower features angle buttresses, a castellated parapet, and an octagonal corner staircase turret. The nave also has a castellated parapet. The south doors were crafted by Thomas Elliston in 1766. Inside, the nave boasts braced cambered beams with crown posts, while the aisles have moulded beams and joists, adorned with carved bosses depicting heads and Tudor roses. Notable interior fittings include a brass from around 1500 commemorating a knight and lady, a brass for Robert Gurdon (died 1577) and his wife, and a brass for John Gurdon (died 1623) and his wife. In the chancel, there is a double wall monument from around 1625 featuring two pairs of kneeling figures for Robert Gurdon and John Gurdon. Additionally, the south aisle contains a wall monument for Brampton Gurdon (died 1648) and his two wives. The church is recognized for its historical significance and internal features.
Local climate
Church of St Edmund sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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