Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen is a Grade II* listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. A Medieval Church. 7 related planning applications.
Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen
- WRENN ID
- quartered-dormer-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1953
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen, High Street, Stony Stratford, MK11 1AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 785 406
- Coordinates
- 52.05866, -0.85527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower of the Church of St Mary Magdalen dates to the late 13th century. It is a particularly important example of a church tower, retaining its structure after the rest of the church was destroyed by fire in 1742. The tower is constructed of stone and features clasping buttresses on the two lower stages. The third stage was added in the 15th century, incorporating Perpendicular windows, four large corner gargoyles, and a crenellated parapet that is gabled to the northwest and southeast. Following the 1742 fire, funds intended for rebuilding St Mary Magdalen’s were used instead to rebuild and enlarge the nearby Church of St Giles. The main part of the original church lay northeast of the tower, which was accessed from the southeast.
Local climate
Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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