Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Church.

Methodist Church

WRENN ID
patient-granite-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1986
Type
Church
Address
Methodist Church, Skelton
OS grid reference
NY 437 356
Coordinates
54.71283, -2.87537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Methodist Church, dated 1865, is a single-storey building with mixed grey and pink sandstone rubble walls and rendered gables, topped by a graduated Welsh slate roof. It features two bays, with a left panelled door set in a round-headed surround. The church has narrow casement windows with glazing bars, also in round-headed surrounds.

Local climate

Methodist Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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