Church of St Martha (Anglian Methodist) is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Martha (Anglian Methodist)
- WRENN ID
- winding-gallery-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Martha (Anglian Methodist), Park Road, Tring
- OS grid reference
- SP 919 110
- Coordinates
- 51.79048, -0.66812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Martha, an Anglian Methodist chapel of ease, was built around 1880, likely by the architects Carpenter & Ingelow, who were also involved with the Parish Church. Although construction began from the east, it was not completed. The church features a striking chancel made of uncoursed flint with stone dressings and a steeply pitched red tile roof. The second bay from the east is designed to accommodate a south side aisle or transept, with a stone arch that has been blocked with red brick.
To the north, there is a lower gabled vestry constructed from flint and stone. The west arm is dark weatherboarded, complemented by a brick south porch and slate roofs topped with a ridge vent. The chancel boasts an impressive five-light pointed east window with reticulated stone tracery and a hoodmould. It is supported by corner buttresses with stone quoins and offsets. The first bay features a two-light traceried stone south window with a quatrefoil in the head. Decorative ridge tiles and a stone cross adorn the east parapet. The nave has sash windows with three-over-three panes. It is noted that some of the stonework may originate from the medieval Parish Church, which became redundant after restoration. The church is possibly dedicated to both St. Martha and St. Mary.
Local climate
Church of St Martha (Anglian Methodist) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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