Former First Church of Christ Scientist and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A 19th century Church. 1 related planning application.
Former First Church of Christ Scientist and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- over-buttress-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Church
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Former First Church of Christ Scientist and Attached Railings, Town Walls, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 489 122
- Coordinates
- 52.70544, -2.75657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former First Church of Christ Scientist, originally built as a Methodist chapel in 1834, is now used as a library. The building features a stucco exterior over brick and has a low pitched roof that is not visible. It is a high single storey structure with a five-window range. The facade is divided into bays by Corinthian pilasters. There are two doorways, each framed by fluted Doric pilasters and topped with high pedimented heads, which are flanked by round-arched windows set in round-arched recesses, also with Doric pilasters. The building has a high parapet with a shallow central pediment and acroteria at each end. Additionally, there are cast-iron railings surrounding the basement area, topped with urn finials.
Local climate
Former First Church of Christ Scientist and Attached Railings receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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