Rishworth Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1982. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Rishworth Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-barrel-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1982
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Rishworth Congregational Chapel, Long Causeway, Ripponden, HX6 4RF
- OS grid reference
- SE 016 182
- Coordinates
- 53.66032, -1.9771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rishworth Congregational Chapel is a non-conformist chapel built in 1832. It is constructed of dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The front of the chapel has three bays, arranged symmetrically around the entrance. The entrance has monolithic jambs and a flat lintel, which is topped by a foliated cartouche inscribed with "INDEPENDENT UNION CHAPEL" and the date. Above the entrance is a round-headed window with marginal glazing, flanked by longer windows on either side. Beneath the eaves, there are three small rectangular openings, with the outer ones glazed and the central one being blind. Gutter brackets are present. At the rear, there is an outshut that is flanked by two round-headed windows, and two small chimneys are located on the left gable.
Inside, the chapel retains early 19th-century fittings, including a panelled gallery, box pews, and a panelled pulpit on a rostrum, with a small organ positioned behind.
Local climate
Rishworth Congregational Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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