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===Grade I listed buildings===
In the mid-14th century the onlyOne [[Listed building|grade I listed]] building is located in the village, the Parish Church of St. Lawrence, was built.<ref name="listingsearch" /> The medieval Gothic church was constructed in 1377 at the behest of John Curteys, a wealthy manor holder and mayor of the wool staple of Calais. It was built in the [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|decorated style]] and is noted for its brasses and surviving [[Medieval art|late Medieval art]], including a large [[Doom paintings|doom]] painted over the chancel arch.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish Church of St Lawrence |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1249349?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref> Curteys died in 1391 and was buried in the church. The church is also home to the tomb of Sir Thomas Brounflete, cupbearer for Richard II and holder of the Wymington Manor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mee |first1=Richard |title=The King's England - The Counties of Bedford and Huntingdon |date=1951 |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location=London |pages=170–172}}</ref> The funerary brass for Brounflete and his wife, Margaret, has been the subject of some academic study. It is considered one of the best late medieval depictions of a knight in full [[plate armor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lamp |first1=Reinhard |title=Thomas Brounflet d. 31.12.1430. St. Lawrence, Wymington, Bedfordshire |journal=Pegasus-Onlinezeitschrift |date=February 2, 2017 |volume=12 |issue=1 |url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/pegasus/article/view/35335 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
 
===Grade II listed buildings===