Methodist Church and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Church.
Methodist Church and Railings
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-wall-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Methodist Church and Railings, the Green, Besthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SK 825 647
- Coordinates
- 53.17321, -0.76589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church, built in 1832, is a single-storey brick structure with a rounded west corner, dentillated eaves, and a hipped pantile roof, featuring a stack on the rear elevation. The church has three bays, with a central six-panelled double-leaf door flanked by single glazing bar sashes that have segmental heads. Above the entrance, there is a datestone inscribed "1832." Inside, the church contains plain 19th-century softwood pews and fittings. Additionally, there are plain 19th-century iron railings and a gate surrounding the property.
Local climate
Methodist Church and Railings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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