Bodycheck is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1978. Church, gymnasium. 2 related planning applications.

Bodycheck

WRENN ID
ragged-loggia-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1978
Type
Church, gymnasium
Address
Bodycheck, Victoria Street, SK13 8HT
OS grid reference
SK 034 938
Coordinates
53.44124, -1.94992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, originally a church constructed in 1811 and later converted into a gymnasium in the 20th century, was designed by Hadfield. It is constructed from coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The church has a rectangular plan with a polygonal apse.

The exterior is single-storeyed and features a moulded cornice. The street front has a projecting central section distinguished by quoins and an open pediment. Three central round-headed windows are set within moulded surrounds, flanked by single round-headed doorways with double-panel doors. Above the central windows is a Venetian window with margin light glazing and a moulded hood. Above that, a small semicircular opening is contained in a moulded surround, with a bracketed sill. The side elevations each have five windows at both ground and gallery level, all featuring margin light glazing bar sashes. The rear apse includes a bellcote finial above a semicircular opening.

The interior galleries have been removed.

Local climate

Bodycheck sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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