Southfield Methodist Church and Barn at Southfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1968. Church, barn. 1 related planning application.
Southfield Methodist Church and Barn at Southfield House
- WRENN ID
- secret-moulding-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1968
- Type
- Church, barn
- Address
- Southfield Methodist Church and Barn at Southfield House, Southfield Lane, Nelson
- OS grid reference
- SD 878 368
- Coordinates
- 53.82786, -2.18629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southfield Methodist Church and the barn at Southfield House is an 18th-century barn constructed from rubble with a stone slate roof. It features a central segmental arched entrance that has a keystone inscribed with "W&E/Sagan/1797." On the ground floor, there are four windows, with the two on the left being of 2-lights. The first floor is adorned with five Venetian windows, along with a smaller window above the entrance. A plaque to the right indicates that John Wesley preached here on April 18, 1786. The right-hand portion of the barn was converted into a Methodist Chapel around the year 1800.
Local climate
Southfield Methodist Church and Barn at Southfield House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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