Tower and spire of former Methodist Church (demolished) & adjoining balustrade is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Church.
Tower and spire of former Methodist Church (demolished) & adjoining balustrade
- WRENN ID
- lone-landing-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- SD 835 320
- Coordinates
- 53.78444, -2.25125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower and spire of the former Methodist Church, which has been demolished, along with an adjoining balustrade, were built around 1905 by the architectural firm Waddington, Son and Dunkerley. The structure features coursed squared sandstone at the base and sandstone ashlar above. It has a square plan and consists of two tall stages. The tower includes a moulded plinth, an impost band, and an offset to the second stage that is accentuated by diagonal shafts rising to form pinnacles. The parapet is decorated with geometric patterns, and the spire is splay-footed with small flying buttresses extending from the pinnacles.
The west doorway is two-centred arched with a deeply moulded surround and double doors that have strap hinges. Above the doorway, there is a small two-light window with louvres and corner shafts. The belfry stage is elaborate, featuring a thin triangular shaft at the center of each side, flanked by two-centred arched belfry windows that have moulded surrounds, ogival tracery, and deeply-recessed louvred openings. The balustrade, which protects a raised terraced forecourt, is designed with a geometric pattern.
Local climate
Tower and spire of former Methodist Church (demolished) & adjoining balustrade sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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