Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Hearse house.
Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Hearse house
- Address
- Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard, the Village, Prestbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 900 768
- Coordinates
- 53.28896, -2.15088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hearse House in St. Peter's Churchyard, dated 1852, is constructed of orange brick in English garden wall bond, with a roof made of Kerridge stone-slate and a stone ridge. The building has a rectangular plan and is a single storey with a two-bay east front. The left bay features a stone plaque that reads, "THE GROUND WITHIN THIS WALL WAS ADDED TO THE CHURCHYARD AND CONSECRATED A.D. MDCCCLVI. REV.H.PEARSON LLB VICAR," along with the names of the churchwardens and committee. The right bay has a two-centred brick arch that contains a heavy door divided into vertical panels. The right end has another plaque that reads, "Robert Wright, William Bullock, William Barker, George Godwin. Church Wardens 1852." This structure likely replaced the building mentioned in the lychgate inscription. It is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Hearse House in St Peter's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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