Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. A C12 Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- young-gargoyle-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Bedford Road, Cold Brayfield
- OS grid reference
- SP 929 522
- Coordinates
- 52.1607, -0.64285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, with restoration work carried out in the 19th century. It is constructed of stone and features tiled roofs. The building has stone coped gables topped with a restored cross finial. There is a small west tower that includes a 19th-century embattled parapet, an aisle nave with a north porch, and a chancel. Above the 13th-century north doorway, there is a small Norman window. The south wall of the nave has two 19th-century traceried windows, while the east window is also from the 19th century, featuring two deep recessed lancets on the side walls, with the western ones located at tower level.
Inside, the church has a restored Norman chancel arch with scalloped capitals and one shaft decorated with chevron ornamentation. There is a small 13th-century tower arch and a font with an octagonal bowl on a shaft. The chancel floor contains stone memorials from the 17th, 18th centuries, and later, dedicated to members of the Farrer family.
Local climate
Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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