Former Church is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Church.
Former Church
- WRENN ID
- heavy-vault-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former Church, B6281, Eggleston
- OS grid reference
- NY 997 234
- Coordinates
- 54.6058, -2.00499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former church, known as a chapel of ease, dates from the late 18th century and has been replaced by the later parish church of Holy Trinity. It is constructed from irregular courses of sandstone ashlar, featuring projecting quoins and ashlar dressings. At the time of the survey, the building was roofless.
The structure consists of a 3-bay nave and a 3-bay chancel, which includes a north vestry. Both the nave and chancel have plain stone surrounds with keyed detailing, impost blocks, and a round-headed central door flanked by windows. The east window is designed in a Venetian style. Curved kneelers support the gable copings, which are now in ruins.
Inside, the stone walls are partially plastered. There are ruined monuments on the walls, including a well-carved high-relief panel depicting three cherubs' heads, asymmetrically arranged and flanked by wide scroll brackets that support a cornice, likely beneath a former memorial panel. Additionally, there is a detached fragment of dentilled moulding from the same memorial.
At the time of the survey, the church was derelict, with a large tree growing in the nave.
Local climate
Former Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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