Church of St Werburgh
CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1038026
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Werburgh
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH, CHURCH STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Reference:
- IOE01/08433/30
- Rights:
- © Mr John Brayford. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1038026
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Werburgh
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kingsley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 01337 46914
Details
KINGSLEY C.P. CHURCH STREET SK 04 NW (west side) 10/272 Church of St Werburgh 3.1.67
GV II
Parish church. C13 base to C14 tower, nave by Trubshaw 1820 and chancel by Lynham 1886. Coursed dressed and squared stone of ashlar quality, rough-faced to chancel; slate nave roof and tiled to chancel, with verge parapets. Tower, nave (with south porch), and chancel. Tower: of 4 stages, large diagonal buttresses to west sides of 5 stages, crenellated parapet on raised string bearing gargoyles at centres; bell chamber openings, labelled pointed of 2 lights with trefoils to heads, small lancets to lower stages and flat-headed 2-light mullioned west window over Tudor-arch door. Nave: wide plan, projecting beyond tower to north; of 4 bays divided by 2-stage buttresses; cavetto eaves; Y-tracery pointed windows; porch south has flat roof behind parapet, angle buttresses and pointed arch entry; north door has brattished cornice set between buttresses. Chancel: of 3 bays, larger to east, divided by gabletted 2-stage buttresses; Y-tracery windows to west and centre bays on south; 5-light pointed east window with low- relief carved panel below; vestry set against north side.
Listing NGR: SK0133746914
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 274764
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 11-Jun-2026 at 18:43:02.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.