Church of St Philip is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Church.

Church of St Philip

WRENN ID
endless-steeple-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Philip, Church Road, City of Wolverhampton
OS grid reference
SO 895 969
Coordinates
52.57055, -2.15515
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Philip is a church built between 1858 and 1859 by Griffin and Weller of Wolverhampton. It is constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and features tile roofs, showcasing a Decorated Gothic style. The church includes a chancel with a north vestry and a south organ loft, a nave with transepts and lean-to aisles, and a southwest tower. The building has coped gables, with the chancel featuring a five-light east window and a two-light window under a gablet to the south. The gabled vestry has an end stack and a pointed entrance, with two-light windows to the west and east. The lean-to organ loft has three-light windows on the south and east sides.

The three-bay north aisle contains three-light windows between offset buttresses and a three-light west window. The nave has a four-light window and a gable cross, along with angle buttresses. The two-bay south aisle features three-light windows. The three-stage tower has a plinth, an octagonal southwest stair turret, and angle buttresses. The south entrance is of one order, with a two-light west window, a clock face on the second stage, and the top stage has two-light louvred bell openings, a drip course with angle spouts, and a coped parapet.

Inside, the church has arch-braced traceried collar trusses on corbels. The chancel includes two-bay arcades on marble shafts paired in depth, with a stencilled sanctuary below the cornice, traceried panelling on the reredos, and geometrical floor tiles. The chancel arch is supported by angel corbels with vine trails on the jambs. The north arcade has four bays and the south arcade has three bays, both on filleted quatrefoil piers with rich foliage capitals, and the stone floor has pierced slabs for heating. The chancel stalls have plain fronts, with commandment boards flanking the altar. The octagonal pulpit is richly carved and stands on marble shafts, featuring panels with relief figures, while the reading desk has blind arcading on the front and side. The round font is also elaborately designed. The church contains good 19th-century glass, with geometrical designs in the west and east windows. The pews are among the latest to be installed in an Anglican church. This church is a notable example of mid-19th century design, advanced for its time.

Local climate

Church of St Philip receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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