Kipping Independent Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Chapel. 1 related planning application.

Kipping Independent Chapel

WRENN ID
western-doorway-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Chapel
Address
Kipping Independent Chapel, Market Street Bd13, BD13 3HP
OS grid reference
SE 101 327
Coordinates
53.79075, -1.84786
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kipping Independent Chapel is a building that was rebuilt in 1843, replacing an 18th-century chapel that served as the original meeting house, which was chartered by Charles II in 1672. The chapel has a rectangular plan and features a two-storey front made of dressed sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings, showcasing simplified Greek Revival details. The façade has three bays, with the center bay slightly projecting forward. It is adorned with broad quoin pilasters, a plinth, a plat band, a bed mould to the frieze, and a projecting cornice that is broken over the quoin pilasters. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.

The outer first-floor windows are framed with battered eared architrave surrounds, while the central window is tripartite, flanked by pilasters and topped with an entablature. A dated plaque is set below this window. On the ground floor, there are two-light pilastered windows with entablatures, and a large central porch that projects slightly. The porch features Doric pilasters with rosettes at the necking, a deep frieze cornice, and a blocking course. The entrance has large double doors with horizontal moulded panels. The side elevations are plain and two-storey. Inside, the chapel has a galleried interior, with furnishings that are partly from the later 19th century.

Local climate

Kipping Independent Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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