Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.

Congregational Church

WRENN ID
pale-footing-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Church
Address
Congregational Church, Station Road, Bow, EX17 6HW
OS grid reference
SS 721 016
Coordinates
50.80008, -3.8149
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Congregational Church, dated 1898, is constructed from coursed mudstone blocks with rock-faced granite quoins, red brick dressings, and Portland stone kneelers and coping. It features a slate roof adorned with crested ridgetiles that have small trefoils. This single-cell church is oriented on an east-west axis and includes an entrance porch on the north side, as well as a lower and narrower vestry at the east end. Designed in the Early English Gothic style, the north side showcases four lancet windows and a central gabled porch.

The brick chamfered plinth and drip course at the window sill level are interrupted by buttresses located between the windows. The windows, which are arch-headed lancets with brick surrounds and moulded reveals, contain panels of small rectangular and diamond-shaped leaded translucent glass, some of which are coloured. The porch features a horizontal band of decorative brickwork beneath the gable, positioned above the brick two-centred outer arch with a moulded surround and hood.

On the right (west) gable end, there is a brick plinth and a moulded drip course at the sill level, over a band of decorative brickwork. Three similar horizontal bands are present above, with the lower two interrupted by the four lancet windows, which are a series of closely set arch-headed lancets; the centre pair is taller than the outer pair. Above the top band, there is a circular oculus. The south side mirrors this style and includes five lancets with buttresses in between, all featuring original translucent leaded glass.

Two granite foundation stones are located on either side of the west side, just above the plinth, with the right side laid by Carter Pedler and the left by Robert Pedler, both dated 1898. The interior retains largely original furnishings and fittings, all in the Gothic style.

Local climate

Congregational Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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