Methodist Church and Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. Church, school. 2 related planning applications.

Methodist Church and Sunday School

WRENN ID
solemn-flagstone-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church, school
Address
Methodist Church and Sunday School, Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, SK23 7HT
OS grid reference
SK 011 811
Coordinates
53.3277, -1.98355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Methodist Church and Sunday School, located on Buxton Road in Whaley Bridge, is a building consisting of three units, with the central unit dated 1821, making it the earliest part. The center features three round-headed windows on the upper floor and cambered arches with keystones on the lower floor. There is an arched doorway with a keystone and double doors, along with a rectangular fanlight containing four arched lights.

To the right is the school room, which was added in the later 19th century and has three storeys with two round-headed windows. The left side is occupied by the chapel, constructed in 1867. The gabled center of the chapel, which has rusticated quoins, slightly projects forward. It includes a round-headed window with Gothic glazing bars and two lights set in a reveal, along with a band at the cill above the doorway that has a rusticated surround and a round-headed entry. Each side of the chapel has one round-headed window above another with a segmental head. The school room and chapel are included for their group value.

Local climate

Methodist Church and Sunday School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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