Church At Countess Of Chester Hospital 200 Metres South West Of 1829 Block

The church at Countess of Chester Hospital, built in 1856, is located 200 meters southwest of the 1829 block in Upton by Chester. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a steep pitched roof covered with octagonal slates, designed in the Early English style. The building includes a plinth, small buttresses, moulded eaves, and coped gables. It consists of a chancel, vestries, and a nave with a bellcote and porches. The openings are sharply pointed and have hood moulds, with the windows primarily being single lancets that have deeply splayed reveals. The chancel, which is a single bay, has angle buttresses and a three-light east window, with a single lancet on each side towards the east end. The vestries feature rebuilt square gable stacks, a quatrefoil window to the east, and a door on the north and south sides. The nave has six bays and buttressed gabled porches on both the north and south sides. The west end slightly projects at the center and includes a sill band with a tall two-light window. Above this window is a gabled bellcote with blocked openings that houses a clock, flanked by single lancets on either side.

Inside, the church has a rendered and painted interior with pointed arched openings and hood moulds. The chancel features a moulded arch, with a door to the left and a small organ case to the right. It has a plain matchboard ceiling with a cornice, and the east window contains stained glass dated 1885. The nave has a common rafter roof with intersecting arch braces and a king post. At the west end, there is a tall recess that holds a large traceried panelled wooden cabinet with an attached bench, which contains a clock mechanism dated 1856 by Joyce of Whitchurch, along with a small clock dial at the top. The fittings include an octagonal wooden pulpit, which may be original but was altered in the mid-20th century, along with other mid-20th century fittings.