Berse Drelincourt Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 June 1963. Church.

Berse Drelincourt Church

WRENN ID
pale-sentry-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 June 1963
Type
Church
Address
Berse Drelincourt Church, Broughton
OS grid reference
SJ 317 509
Coordinates
53.0516, -3.02036
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Berse Drelincourt Church is a building constructed in 1742, featuring roughcast render over brick with a stone plinth, angle quoins, and a moulded stone eaves cornice. The slate roof has a louvred bellcote over the west gable. The southwest entrance has a round-arched door set in a gabled porch, while the original round-arched doorway nearby is now blocked but retains its keystone and capitals. Above this entrance, there is a stone inscribed with 'This Chapel was built and endowed by Mary Drelincourt 1742'. The church has heavy buttresses on the east and west ends and round-arched windows divided by two simple mullions throughout.

The interior consists of an undivided nave and chancel with a flat plastered ceiling featuring a narrow central tunnel vault and a moulded plaster cornice. Simple ceiling roses include one with a dove in low relief, marking the original site of the font, which aligns with the now-blocked original doorway. A shell motif in relief is located above this early doorway. Above the east window, there is a low relief of an open book framed by cable-work and cherubs. The church contains two globe chandeliers; one is likely original to the church, while the other dates from the late 17th century and was brought from Wrexham Parish Church around 1830. The pews are from the late 19th century. The pulpit, featuring fine filigree panel-work, was originally in All Saints Church, Southsea, and was relocated to Berse when All Saints was demolished around 1985, likely crafted by Cecil Hare. There is also a wall memorial tablet to Mary Drelincourt, flanked by two simplified Corinthian pilasters. The east window contains stained glass in memory of Meredith Hamer, who served as vicar of the parish from 1881 to 1885.

Local climate

Berse Drelincourt Church receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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