Church of St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Church.

Church of St Paul

WRENN ID
graven-spindle-yarrow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Paul, Durnford Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 464 537
Coordinates
50.36361, -4.16065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Paul is an Anglican church located on Durnford Street in Stonehouse, Plymouth. It was built in 1831 by the architect John Foulston and extended at the east end in 1890 by Hine & Odgers. The church is constructed of coursed Plymouth limestone rubble with limestone dressings and features a dry slate roof with moulded copings, all in the Gothic style.

The church has an aisle-less plan with a west gallery and a central west tower, along with a slightly wider later chancel at the east end. The west front has three bays and a moulded pediment, which is interrupted by a two-stage central tower that has angle buttresses and moulded strings. The tower is topped with a moulded parapet and octagonal corner pinnacles that have moulded cornices and crocketed finials, with similar pinnacles on the buttressed corners of the church. The central doorway is moulded and pointed-arched.

The nave's north and south walls have seven bays of lancet windows with hoodmoulds, set between flat buttresses and linking strings. Inside, the nave features a moulded plaster ceiling cornice with dentils, while the chancel has an arch-braced roof structure. There is an L-plan staircase with stick balusters and octagonal newels. Notable fittings include an octagonal marble font and panelled pews in the gallery, with later pitch-pine fittings added and alterations made to the west end in the late 20th century. The church has leaded glazing with coloured hammered glass from the late 19th century.

The Church of St Paul stands in a slightly altered Late Georgian street and is a significant example of the work of a prominent local architect, particularly noted for its external features.

Local climate

Church of St Paul sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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