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
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1963
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
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.
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