English Presbyterian Church of Wales is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Church. 1 related planning application.

English Presbyterian Church of Wales

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Church
Address
English Presbyterian Church of Wales, City Road, CH1 3AE
OS grid reference
SJ 411 665
Coordinates
53.19298, -2.88205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The English Presbyterian Church of Wales is a Presbyterian church built in 1864 by Michael Gummow of Wrexham. The church features a stucco front, brick sides and rear, and a grey slate roof.

The exterior showcases an Ionic front with a full-height four-column portico in antis. There is a plain cast-iron railing surrounding the forecourt, set on a stone plinth, with three pairs of iron gates that have lattice dogbars, a double lockrail, and a foliar top-rail with spears. The gates are supported by square panelled cast-iron posts, and there is a simple gate leading to a sunk yard on the right. Behind the portico, the wall includes a sillband with a central recessed panel and now blank architraved openings on each side, which are flanked by pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. Each return wall of the portico has a pair of doors with five fielded panels. The wings feature blank panels with architrave friezes and cornices.

The gallery contains three probably cast-iron lights, two of which have one-pane hoppers, located in the portico, along with a 12-pane fixed light on the face of each wing. The openings are adorned with architraves, friezes, and alternating triangular and curved pediments. The portico is topped with a dentil pediment.

The sides of the church have six bays, with the first bay finished in stucco and the remaining bays in brick. The basement features 16-pane recessed sashes, one of which has been altered. There is a simple plinth-cap at the basement ceiling level, brick pilasters, stone imposts and keys, and 18-pane lights with four-pane stilted fans. The liturgical east end of the church is apsidal. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

English Presbyterian Church of Wales 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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