Hearse House North West of Church of St Mary and St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1999. Hearse house.
Hearse House North West of Church of St Mary and St Helen
- WRENN ID
- salt-gateway-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1999
- Type
- Hearse house
- Address
- Hearse House North West of Church of St Mary and St Helen, High Street, Neston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 291 774
- Coordinates
- 53.28926, -3.06478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The hearse house, located north-west of the Church of St Mary and St Helen, was built around 1875, likely by J Francis Doyle. It is constructed from rock-faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with red tile ridge cresting, stone copings, and gablet kneelers. The building is a single storey set on a high plinth with a weathered plinth band and consists of three bays. The gabled entrance front has vertically panelled double doors within a two-centred moulded arch, above which are three stepped squat lancets set over a weathered sill band. The left side has three equally spaced lancets with a weathered sill band, while the right side has no openings. The interior has not been inspected. This structure is part of a significant group surrounding the Church of St Mary and St Helen, which adds to its importance.
Local climate
Hearse House North West of Church of St Mary and St Helen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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