Church of St George is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. A Medieval Church.
Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- empty-glass-bone
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St George, Rectory Lane, Shimpling
- OS grid reference
- TL 859 512
- Coordinates
- 52.12863, 0.71543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St George is a parish church located in Shimpling, approached by an avenue of limes from Rectory Lane. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and is constructed of flint with stone dressings. The west tower features diagonal buttresses and a castellated parapet. The south aisle also has a castellated parapet, and a gabled porch projects from the west end. Inside, the 14th to 15th century font has a pillared shaft and an octagonal bowl adorned with tracery and shields. The south door to the chancel displays a frieze of dog tooth ornamentation on the inside, and there are fragments of old glass, likely remnants of an earlier church from the 12th century. The church is noted for its architectural and historical significance.
Local climate
Church of St George sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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