The Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1988. Church.
The Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- carved-spindle-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1988
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Methodist Church, High Street, Witney
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 098
- Coordinates
- 51.78662, -1.4842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church is a church built in 1850 by J. Wilson of Bath. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled Welsh slate roof. The west front has a gable with gabled offset buttresses and a hood mould over a 4-light window in the Decorated style, situated above studded doors that are set in a pointed moulded doorway. There are also hood moulds over cinquefoil-headed lancets, each with mouchettes in the head, leading to the side aisles. The 5-bay side walls contain ogee and cinquefoil-headed lancets. The east end features a rose window with quatrefoils and stained glass. Inside, there is a gallery along the sides with an open-quatrefoil frieze. The east wall has pointed-arched doorways flanking a pointed moulded blind arch, which is set on engaged shafts with foliate capitals. The church has a 5-bay hammer-beam roof. A late 19th-century extension at the rear is not of special architectural interest. The church is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Methodist Church 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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