Church Hall, Grammar School House and the Hearse House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. Church hall, cottage.

Church Hall, Grammar School House and the Hearse House

WRENN ID
final-portal-spindle
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 hall, cottage
Address
Church Hall, Grammar School House and the Hearse House, Church Street, Tarvin
OS grid reference
SJ 491 669
Coordinates
53.19746, -2.76231
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church Hall, Grammar School House, and the Hearse House are a group of buildings that were originally a grammar school, schoolmaster's house, and hearse house. They are now used as a church hall and two cottages. The school was founded in 1666 by John Pickering and was renovated in 1845 for Rev. Bowstead, as noted by Ormerod. Much of the structure dates from the 18th century, including the hearse house, which was reconstructed here after being moved from next to the south porch of the church following 1791.

The buildings feature some ashlar buff sandstone, with the remainder made of orange brick, and have a Welsh slate roof with two brick chimneys. The south front has ten bays and is one to two stories high. The left end is the former hearse house, partly constructed in stone, with a gable end that has a wide entrance featuring an arched lintel and a channelled key block. Next to it is a two-bay brick structure. The central three bays of the former school have a tall 17th-century chamfered stone plinth, while the rest is in brick with three three-light casements that have glazing bars. The adjacent schoolmaster's house has casements with glazing bars and a door, all under segmental brick heads. The lower two-bay cottage is located at the right end.

Notably, John Thomasen, a renowned penman and transcriber for Queen Anne, served as the master of the school until his death in 1740, with a memorial located in the south porch of the church.

Local climate

Church Hall, Grammar School House and the Hearse House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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