Bridewell, Adjacent to St Luke's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1963. Former bridewell. 1 related planning application.

Bridewell, Adjacent to St Luke's Church

WRENN ID
over-loggia-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Halton
Constituency
Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1963
Type
Former bridewell
OS grid reference
SJ 517 877
Coordinates
53.38439, -2.72699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Bridewell, now used for storage, was built in 1827 and is located adjacent to St. Luke's Church. It features red sandstone construction and a slate roof. The building is a plain rectangular lock-up situated in the southeast corner of the churchyard.

Local climate

Bridewell, Adjacent to St Luke's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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