Bulkeley Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Bulkeley Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- worn-balcony-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Bulkeley Methodist Church, Wrexham Road, Bulkeley and Ridley, SY14 8BL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 531 545
- Coordinates
- 53.08575, -2.70048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bulkeley Methodist Church is a Methodist church built in 1861, as noted on a stone tablet in the gable tympanum. The church is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a slate roof. It consists of two bays and has a stone plinth. The entrance on the south gable includes a pair of two-panel doors set in a recessed doorcase, topped with a stained glass radial bar fanlight. The gable facade and side elevations are adorned with tall, narrow sash windows that have glazing bars and semi-circular heads. The door and windows in the facade are framed by moulded stone heads with imposts and keystones. A wooden pediment, supported by consoles at the eaves, apex, and raking cornice, is finished with a slender stone band. The tympanum of the pediment features a stone tablet inscribed with "Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel" along with the date.
Inside, the church has a reredos designed as an arcade of three semi-circular arches with fluted pilasters and imposts. Above this is a recessed gallery opening with turned balusters and a moulded handrail. The space above the rail is filled with a pair of horizontally sliding shutters, each with four ogee-headed panels. The opening is flanked by wide linings with inward-facing consoles at the head and a moulded cast iron column at the center. The pine hexagonal pulpit is flanked by three ogee-headed panels on each side, featuring tall end-posts with lamp standards. The Communion Rail, made of turned balusters, is angled back at 45 degrees to meet these posts. The walls are lined with panelled wainscoting, and there are pitch pine benches. The side walls have single marble memorials set in coursed stucco. A small wood panelled internal porch with four-panel doors is located on both sides. The ceiling is adorned with a plaster cornice and a large ornate ceiling rose. This church is a well-preserved and attractive example of a small chapel from its period.
Local climate
Bulkeley Methodist Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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