Former English Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1981. Former church.
Former English Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- silent-mortar-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1981
- Type
- Former church
- Address
- Former English Congregational Church, Welshpool
- OS grid reference
- SJ 224 074
- Coordinates
- 52.65949, -3.14848
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former English Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building featuring a gable facing the street made of yellow terracotta, while the other elevations are constructed from local rubble with brick dressings. The church has a slate roof. The wide gable is highlighted by three stepped arches with foliate capitals on the shafts and nail-head enrichment on the arches. The highest central arch contains a doorway and a Y-traceried window above, both of which have similar decorative details. Y-traceried windows are also present in the outer arches, which are recessed above the plinth. The outer pilasters have foliate capitals, and there is coping on the gable. A smaller entrance with a gabled porch is located on the right side of the building. The return elevations are blind but feature thin pilaster buttresses for articulation. The eastern end has a canted projection with simple Y-traceried windows, with the central window being blind.
Inside, the church has an undivided space with a gallery supported by cast-iron columns on the west side. There are four king-post collar trusses with traceried panels that are braced and sprung from wall-posts. The shallow canted eastern end, which previously housed the organ, is recessed behind an arch that features foliate capitals and nail-head enrichment. The flanking windows also display similar details and contain stained glass.
Local climate
Former English Congregational Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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