Greenlaws (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel) is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Chapel, house.

Greenlaws (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel)

WRENN ID
mired-finial-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Chapel, house
Address
Greenlaws (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel), A689, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 842 417
Coordinates
54.77013, -2.24676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greenlaws, formerly a Primitive Methodist chapel, is now a house. It dates from 1858, which marks the rebuilding of a chapel originally constructed in 1824, as noted on a panel over the porch. An extension was added in the late 19th century as a memorial to Jonathon and Oliver Humble, provided by their family. The chapel features painted incised stucco, while the extension is made of coursed squared stone with painted ashlar dressings. It has a Welsh slate roof topped with a stone spirelet.

The building is one storey high, with the chapel having three bays and the extension one bay. The central gabled porch contains a renewed door and fanlight set in a keyed round arch supported by pilasters, with gable coping and a roll finial. Above the porch is a recessed date panel. The chapel has flanking round-headed windows, which have renewed glazing bars and projecting stone sills. The lower extension is set back slightly and features side steps leading to a half-glazed door with a thin stone lintel, as well as a similar lintel and projecting stone sill for a fixed light on the right. Stone gutter brackets are also present.

On the left end of the chapel, there is a spirelet supported by a corbelled small square corniced turret, with a blind trefoil on each face. The broach spire has a cushion-moulded top and is topped with a wrought iron finial featuring a spiral-and-leaf design.

Local climate

Greenlaws (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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