Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol is a Grade II* listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 June 1963. Church.

Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 June 1963
Type
Church
Address
Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol, Marchwiel
OS grid reference
SJ 357 477
Coordinates
53.02294, -2.95969
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Marcella and Deiniol is a Georgian-style church. It was rebuilt in 1778 and is constructed of ashlar stone with a slate roof, hipped over the chancel. The church comprises an aisleless nave, a west tower, a north transept, and a polygonal chancel. The nave windows are tall with round heads, while those in the chancel have square heads. The elegant west tower is balustraded with urns surmounted by weather vanes in the shape of cockerels at the corners, features tall arched, louvred bell openings on each face, and incorporates a clock face on the south and west faces. A stone string course runs around the building, and the west face originally contained a tall arched doorway, now with a stone architrave and console brackets. The south door of the nave is set within a pedimented surround with 20th-century joinery. The gabled ends of the nave and transept are treated as pediments.

Inside, there are wide arched openings leading to the chancel and the north transept. A similar arch once provided access to a west-end gallery, which was later modified to accommodate a large organ. The arches rise from imposts and are coffered on the underside. The north transept contains a former family pew in a balcony, accessible by a narrow staircase.

The church includes 19th-century pitch pine pews and an entrance lobby that incorporates part of an 18th-century panelled entrance screen. The chancel furnishings are of oak, and there is an octagonal stone font of a similar date. Stained glass includes a window from 1860 by Hardman and an exceptional window signed Fr Eginton and dated 1788. This window contains 21 panels depicting heraldry related to the Edisbury, Yorke, and Cust families, alongside an inscription commemorating the church's rebuilding in 1778. Other stained glass dates from the mid and later 19th century and includes heraldic glass in the chancel relating to the Yorke family.

The church retains a collection of 18th and 19th-century wall monuments. On the north side is a monument to Philip Yorke, died 1804, featuring a grieving figure beside a broken column by Westmacott; and a Neoclassical plaque to John Edgeworth of Bryn-y-Grog, died 1827, by Wright & Harrison of Chester. On the south side is a monument to Elizabeth Yorke, died 1779, featuring an obelisk with a white marble sarcophagus and Yorke arms by Tyler & Ashton; a monument to John Meller, died 1733, with side volutes and a shield in a cartouche against a pyramid by Scheemakers; and a monument to Anne Jemima Yorke, died 1770, featuring a marble sarcophagus supporting an obelisk against which is a seated female figure and a rose bush by William Tyler. Two boards of early 19th-century character are located in the former west gallery, one commemorating the rebuilding of the church and tower, and the other listing benefactors and charities.

Local climate

Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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