Lodge in Churchyard to East of Brookfield Unitarian Church, with Attached Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Lodge.

Lodge in Churchyard to East of Brookfield Unitarian Church, with Attached Wall

WRENN ID
small-zinc-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Gorton and Denton MP: Hannah Spencer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Lodge
OS grid reference
SJ 889 959
Coordinates
53.45989, -2.16772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge located in the churchyard to the east of Brookfield Unitarian Church, with an attached wall, was likely built around 1870, possibly by architect Thomas Worthington. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features a slate roof. The building is designed in an L-shape, with a projected gable facing the road and a wing on the right side. It showcases Gothic architectural style, being a single storey under a steeply pitched roof with very low eaves. The entrance includes a segmental-headed doorway with a two-centred arched extrados, topped by a steep gable that has a fleur-de-lys finial near the junction with the wing. The gable facing the road has a mullioned window with three arched lights, while the wing features a two-light window in its gable. The gables are coped, with the wing's gable having coupled cylindrical chimneys, and there is another chimney on the left side. The attached churchyard wall is made of coursed rubble with chamfered ashlar coping and supports low spiked railings. There are two gateways, one near the lodge and another close to the west end, both featuring decorated cast-iron gates. This lodge is part of a group that includes the church, the Peacock Mausoleum, and the former Sunday School.

Local climate

Lodge in Churchyard to East of Brookfield Unitarian Church, with Attached Wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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