Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Chapel, public hall, motor showroom. 12 related planning applications.

Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel

WRENN ID
stranded-nave-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1998
Type
Chapel, public hall, motor showroom
Address
Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Pepper Street, CH1 1DF
OS grid reference
SJ 406 660
Coordinates
53.18855, -2.88938
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel is a building that has also served as a public hall and later as a motor showroom. It was designed by William Cole for the Methodist New Connexion and dates back to the 1830s. The chapel is constructed of stucco and features a grey-green hipped slate roof. The façade is distinguished by four Corinthian columns in antis, positioned between projecting wings. Each wing has a round-arched window with 20 panes beneath the transom and a radial-bar fanlight above. The building is adorned with an entablature that includes an architrave, frieze, and dentil cornice, topped by a pediment that stands proud of the panelled attic. The hipped roof has a ridge that is at a right angle to the front of the building. Internal features are not specified. Historically, in 1836, Joseph Hemingway regarded this chapel as the most handsome in Chester.

Local climate

Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 12 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. St Andrews United Reform Church Grade II 67 m
  2. 13 and 15, Lower Bridge Street Grade II 76 m
  3. 9 and 9a, Lower Bridge Street Grade II 77 m
  4. 4, Park Street Grade II 79 m
  5. Albion Mews Grade II 84 m
  6. Hertage Centre Grade II 85 m
  7. 11 and 11a, Lower Bridge Street Grade II 86 m
  8. 15 and 15a, Lower Bridge Street Grade II 86 m
  9. The Nine Houses (Of Which Six Survive) Grade II 87 m
  10. 17 AND 19, LOWER BRIDGE STREET (See details for further address information) Grade II 89 m