Listed Churches

Berse Drelincourt, Berse Road, Broughton
Grade II

The Church was founded and endorsed in 1742 by Mary Drelincourt, widow of a Dean of Armagh, as a chapel in connection with a nearby girls charity school which had been founded in 1719. The Church was extended by a bay to the west in 1828 to accommodate family pews for landowners Thomas Hayes of Gatewen Hall, and Thomas Fitzhugh of Plas Power.

The exterior consists of roughcast render over brick with a stone plinth and angle quoins. It has a slate roof with louvered bellcote over the west gable. It is a rare example of an 18th Century church building which has retained its simple neo-classical character in subsequent enlargement. The building is also of particular historical interest for its association with the school orphanage of Berse Drelincourt.

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Grade I Listed Buildings

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