Christ Church (Baptist Methodist United Reform Church) is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1980. A C19 Church.
Christ Church (Baptist Methodist United Reform Church)
- WRENN ID
- eastward-sill-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1980
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Christ Church (Baptist Methodist United Reform Church), Newmarket Road, Nailsworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 846 995
- Coordinates
- 51.69412, -2.22301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christ Church, also known as the Baptist-Methodist United Reform Church, is located at 6 Newmarket Road. This building was moved to its current site in 1881 and was originally known as Shortwood Chapel. It features a large pedimented gable at the front in a classical style and stands two storeys tall. The structure is made of coursed and dressed rubble with ashlar dressings.
The facade includes four pilasters with fluted capping and a modillion cornice. The pediment is adorned with an arched window at the center of the first floor, which has sub-Venetian tracery. The building has three bays with segment-headed windows that have marginal glazing and architraves. The ground floor windows are topped with cornices, while the first floor has a cill band.
There is an arched entrance with panelled spandrels and a recess for the doorway. The interior is described as a seven bay vessel. To the left of the entrance, there is a tablet inscribed with the chapel's history, noting its original establishment in 1716 at Shortwood.
Local climate
Christ Church (Baptist Methodist United Reform Church) 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 greater than that of 50% 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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