Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- hushed-loggia-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Paul, Shireshead, Forton, PR3 1DE
- OS grid reference
- SD 501 511
- Coordinates
- 53.95426, -2.76069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Paul, built in 1805, is now used as a meeting room. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a slate roof. The building has chamfered quoins, and its windows and doors are framed with plain stone surrounds that have pointed heads. The windows include glazing bars and Gothick tracery at the top, which is believed to be made of cast iron. The south wall consists of three bays, with the lower parts of the windows filled in with modern brick. The gables are topped with copings, and the west gable includes a double bellcote with a pitched coping. The west wall has two doorways and no other openings. The north wall features a small gabled projection with chamfered quoins, a window, and a gable with coping and a chimney. There is also a doorway in the right-hand return wall, with a window on each side of the main building. The east window has a plain stone surround with a pointed head, a mullion that branches into Y-tracery, and Gothick glazing. Inside, there is a gallery on two sides, which now has a modern blockwork wall built beneath its front, and a flat ceiling.
Local climate
Church of St Paul sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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