Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Church of St Paul

WRENN ID
peeling-glass-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Shipley MP: Anna Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Paul, Halifax Road, Denholme, BD13 4EL
OS grid reference
SE 071 333
Coordinates
53.79668, -1.89265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Paul is a church built in 1846 by J. B. Chantrell, designed in the Early English style. It is constructed from coursed gritstone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. The church includes a west tower, a 7-bay nave with lean-to aisles, and a 3-bay chancel that has a later vestry added on the north side.

The square, 3-stage west tower has set-back buttresses and a splay-footed stone spire with lucarnes, resting on a deep corbel table. The tower features lancet openings, including those in the bell-chamber, and has a small blind arcade at the base on the west side, along with a doorway on the south side. The aisles have small lancet windows, while the clerestorey features small paired lancets. The chancel is adorned with larger lancets, including a triple group that forms the east window, all of which have hood moulds and carved stops.

Inside, there is a 7-bay arcade on the north and south sides supported by quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals and arches. A west gallery, resting on slender columns, has an arcaded front. The vaulted roof is made of timber and plaster, featuring ribs and bosses. The pews include doors, and the chancel has been separated off to create ancillary accommodation, resulting in a lowered ceiling.

Local climate

Church of St Paul sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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