Walmsley Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.

Walmsley Unitarian Chapel

WRENN ID
crumbling-vault-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1967
Type
Chapel
Address
Walmsley Unitarian Chapel, Blackburn Road, BL7 9PT
OS grid reference
SD 704 155
Coordinates
53.63555, -2.44885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walmsley Unitarian Chapel is a chapel built in 1713, with 19th-century additions. It features water-shot masonry and a stone slate roof, along with dressed stone additions. The building is rectangular and includes a 19th-century narthex with a lean-to roof and a rear wing. The narthex has a central gable and two single-chamfered-mullioned windows with two lights each, as well as a central window with three stepped lights above the entrance. This entrance has splayed reveals with rounded angles and a label mould. The gable is stone-coped with kneelers, a datestone, and a small bell turret that has round-headed stone-louvred openings, a corbelled cornice, and a cap with a ball finial. The returns of the building have three bays with three-light double-chamfered-mullioned windows on two levels. The rear features a round-headed window with three round-headed lights and 19th-century ornamental stained glass. The wing has a large stack. Inside, there is a gallery supported by slender columns around three sides, featuring fielded panels. The central area has open seating, while closed pews are located on the sides. The pulpit is situated against the rear wall.

Local climate

Walmsley Unitarian Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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