Church of St Anne is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Church.

Church of St Anne

WRENN ID
proud-gargoyle-fen
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 Anne, Great Eccleston
OS grid reference
SD 421 394
Coordinates
53.84816, -2.88144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Anne is a church built between 1884 and 1885, incorporating remains from the 18th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone and features a slate roof. The church includes a west tower, a nave, a lower chancel, and a south porch. The tower, originally built in 1841, was encased and raised during the rebuilding. It has three stages, with lancet bell openings and an embattled parapet supported by a corbel table. The south wall of the nave has four bays to the east of the porch, each with lancet windows. The chancel consists of one bay with paired lancets, and the east window features three stepped lancet lights beneath a round hood. Above the porch door, which has a chamfered surround and a shouldered lintel, there is a plaque inscribed 'S.A.1723', referencing the original church on this site, parts of which are believed to be incorporated into the current structure.

Inside, the church has an open timber roof supported by bolted king posts with curved braces to the principals and curved queen struts. The chancel roof features scissor-braced rafters. The west gallery has a front made of raised panels and is supported by iron columns with foliated caps.

Local climate

Church of St Anne sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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