Church of St Alban is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. A Medieval Church. 4 related planning applications.
Church of St Alban
- WRENN ID
- eastward-gallery-river
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Alban, Church Bank, Tattenhall and District, CH3 9QE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 486 586
- Coordinates
- 53.1222, -2.76893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church of St. Alban is a church with a core and tower dating from the early 16th century. It was restored and remodelled between 1869 and 1870 by John Douglas. The church is constructed of ashlar red sandstone with a green slate roof. It comprises a 4-bay nave, 5-bay aisles, a 2-bay chancel, a 3-stage west tower, and a south porch. The timber-framed porch features a 4-centred arched entrance, along with delicately carved brackets, spandrels, and barge boards. Aisle bays are divided by buttresses and have broad 3-light windows with 3-centred heads. A 5-light Perpendicular style east window is present under a label mould. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a cyma moulded west doorcase, and a 3-light west window with a crocketted ogee label mould, flanked by pairs of initialled shields below and empty niches above. Similar 3-light louvred bell openings and gargoyles top an embattled parapet.
Inside, the 4-bay arcades rest on octagonal piers and incorporate a low clerestory with 3-light windows. A broad chancel arch is supported by stiff-leaf corbels. Notable interior features include a good Victorian stone reredos, stained glass including a window by Kempe installed in the south aisle in 1896, and a fine brass chandelier dated 1755.
The tower's design closely resembles that at All Saints, Handley, suggesting it was constructed by the same mason.
Local climate
Church of St Alban receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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