Old Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1967. A C18 Chapel. 4 related planning applications.
Old Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dusted-turret-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fylde
- Constituency
- Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1967
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Old Congregational Chapel, Lodge Lane, Elswick
- OS grid reference
- SD 423 383
- Coordinates
- 53.83776, -2.87755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Congregational Chapel, dated 1753 above the porch, is a Congregational chapel that is now used as a meeting hall. It is built of roughcast stone with exposed quoins and has a stone slate roof. The building is small and rectangular, with a house attached at the southeast corner. The north gable facing the road features a low gabled porch topped by a simple arch made of stone slabs, with a rounded top inscribed "1753." Above the porch is a large round-headed window, and the gable has a datestone that reads "Renovated. 1906."
On the right side wall, there are three small round-headed windows and a taller one at the rear. The left side wall has two similar small windows, while the rear has a circular window. The attached house has three bays and two storeys, with the north gable wall made of coursed sandstone with quoins. This gable features two tall round-headed windows on the first floor, and both gables have double chimney flues linked with an arch resembling a bellcote. The roughcast east side wall of the house has three windows on each floor, all of which are round-headed, as are those on the rear gable. The interior of both parts is now of no interest.
Local climate
Old Congregational Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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