Methodist Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1992. Church tower. 10 related planning applications.
Methodist Church Tower
- WRENN ID
- empty-threshold-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham MP: Dame Diana Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1992
- Type
- Church tower
- Address
- Methodist Church Tower, Princes Avenue, HU5 3QP
- OS grid reference
- TA 082 299
- Coordinates
- 53.7549, -0.35975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church Tower, built in 1905 and altered in 1995, is located on Princes Avenue in Kingston upon Hull. Designed by Sir Alfred Gelder, this tower is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and showcases a Free Gothic Revival style.
The tower features a battered southwest section with two stages, diagonal buttresses, and a central buttress on each side, all adorned with brick and stone banding on the second stage. The diagonal buttresses are topped with octagonal pinnacles that have four niches and domed tops, while the intermediate buttresses have short square pinnacles with flat tops. On the south side, there are two staggered round-headed windows on the lower stage, alongside a round-headed door to the right. The bell stage has two moulded segmental arches on each side, which contain louvred double lancet openings. The octagonal spire is finished with a panelled band and a ball finial.
At the base of the tower is the southwest porch, which has a shallow coped gable and parapet. The west side features a pointed-arched doorway with a hoodmould, flanked by buttresses topped with panelled pedestals. The original church was demolished in 1995.
Local climate
Methodist Church Tower receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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, 13 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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