Chancel Arch to South of Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Church.
Chancel Arch to South of Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- errant-terrace-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Chancel Arch to South of Church of St Bridget, Parton
- OS grid reference
- NX 982 209
- Coordinates
- 54.57388, -3.57513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chancel arch to the south of the Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed structure, likely dating from the 13th century. It features coursed, squared rubble buttressing and a pointed arch composed of two chamfered orders, supported by responds with polygonal capitals. On the south side, a brass plate notes the burials of various members of the Fletcher family nearby. Tombstones are affixed to the arch, including one for William Graham from 1755, which is ornately carved with a broken pediment and foliate swags.
Local climate
Chancel Arch to South of Church of St Bridget sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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