Church House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1985. A C16 House. 1 related planning application.

Church House

WRENN ID
tattered-wicket-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1985
Type
House
Address
Church House, Church Street, Tarvin, CH64 9ZT
OS grid reference
SJ 491 669
Coordinates
53.19742, -2.76283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church House is a former parlour wing of a farmhouse, dating from the mid to late 16th century. A chimney was added in 1658, along with a 19th-century extension to the rear and various alterations. The building is timber-framed with brick nogging set on a stone plinth, and features a brick extension at the back. It has a Welsh slate roof and a lateral ashlar stack within the house, accompanied by two diamond brick stacks.

The structure is two stories high with an attic and has a one-bay front under a gable. There are slight jetties at the first and second floors, supported by ovolo-moulded tiebeams. The ground floor includes an inserted 12-pane window within a line of studs, a line of chevrons, and at the top, a pair of blocked four-light wood mullioned windows. The first floor features a 20th-century steel casement window above the original sill, a line of quatrefoils, a line of chevrons, and two similar mullioned windows. The gable has been rebuilt in brick with black-painted timbers and a small pane window. The side panelling is undecorated except for some chevron work, and there are inserted doors and windows.

Inside, the old part of the house has two rooms on each floor. The main room has a corner fireplace with a moulded stone surround, which has been damaged by the insertion of a brick and cast-iron grate. Two corbels support the exposed joists, and there is an ovolo-moulded ceiling beam. The rear room contains a cast-iron fireplace and an heraldic plaster panel dated 1658. The main room upstairs features a well-crafted moulded sandstone fireplace with a moulded stone mantelshelf and gilded plaster devices above, along with an ovolo-moulded ceiling beam. The roof trusses consist of a tiebeam, two diagonal struts, and short collars.

Local climate

Church 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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