Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. A Georgian Church.

Church of St Lawrence

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1959
Type
Church
Period
Georgian
Address
Church of St Lawrence, Preston Upon the Weald Moors
OS grid reference
SJ 680 153
Coordinates
52.73519, -2.47402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Lawrence, built in 1739, is a small Georgian church made of red brick with stone dressings. It features a tiled roof with a moulded eaves cornice. The nave has round-arched windows that include keyblocks, imposts, and moulded cills. The west tower is three stages high and has round-arched openings, brick corner pilasters, stone string courses, and a moulded stone round-arched doorway. The top stage of the tower is made of 19th-century brick. There is a small chancel added in 1853, which is also brick and has stone lancets. Inside, the church is said to contain original panelling and benches. The churchyard features some 18th-century headstones.

Local climate

Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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