Tower of St Andrews Church is a Grade I listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A C12 Church tower.

Tower of St Andrews Church

WRENN ID
unlit-column-yarrow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1966
Type
Church tower
Address
Tower of St Andrews Church, Walpole Road, Bramfield
OS grid reference
TM 398 737
Coordinates
52.30975, 1.51766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tower of St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed round tower, standing approximately 6 meters away from the main church building. It is likely from the 12th century and constructed of coursed flint rubble with a crenellated parapet made of late red brick. The tower features an east doorway dating from the late 13th to early 14th century. Each quarter of the tower has one small lancet window and a single light opening for the bell chamber. Additionally, there is an extra lancet window with leaded panes on the west side.

Local climate

Tower of St Andrews Church 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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