Saint Paul's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. A C13 Church.

Saint Paul's Church

WRENN ID
silent-parapet-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1985
Type
Church
Address
Saint Paul's Church, St Pauls Street
OS grid reference
SD 813 110
Coordinates
53.59597, -2.28293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Saint Paul's Church was built between 1838 and 1842 by John Harper of York, on land donated by the 13th Earl of Derby, with contributions from O O Walker and Thomas Openshaw. The church is designed in a 13th-century style and constructed from finely-cut honey and grey sandstone in wide courses. It has a nearly rectangular plan, with a slightly protruding west tower and a chancel that is the same height as the nave. The leanto aisles and clerestory feature paired lancet windows. The west front includes a gabled doorway situated between buttresses, with a single lancet window in the leanto wings. The upper stages of the tower are adorned with tall paired lancets on each face and topped with spiky pinnacles. Inside, the church has a flat ceiling above tall, slender arcades.

Local climate

Saint Paul's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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