Tower of Former Church of St Bartholomew Approximately 30 Metres to South West of Present Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1962. Tower.
Tower of Former Church of St Bartholomew Approximately 30 Metres to South West of Present Church
- WRENN ID
- eastward-storey-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1962
- Type
- Tower
- OS grid reference
- SJ 247 840
- Coordinates
- 53.34823, -3.13235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower of the former Church of St. Bartholomew, built in 1824, is located approximately 30 metres to the south-west of the present church in Thurstaston, Wirral. This rectangular tower has three stages and features two decorative bands. It is topped with an embattled parapet. On the west side, there is a small window, while the east side shows rubble walling that marks the location of the former nave. An inserted plaque on this wall is inscribed with the names of church wardens and the date. The tower includes round-headed bell openings that have plain archivolts and are louvred.
Local climate
Tower of Former Church of St Bartholomew Approximately 30 Metres to South West of Present Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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