Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 1950. Chapel.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tattered-shingle-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 1950
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Baptist Chapel, Main Street, City of Leicester
- OS grid reference
- SK 627 029
- Coordinates
- 52.62104, -1.07454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, also known as "Huntington Chapel," was built in 1837 and features a small Gothick design. The exterior is finished in joint-lined cement rendering and has a slate roof with gabled ends. The north and south sides each have three bays, showcasing a 14th-century style traceried window that is separated by buttresses topped with tall pinnacles. A crenellated parapet extends over the gable ends, with the west end facing the road topped by a pinnacle. The west door is made of moulded stucco and is adorned with a 14th-century style canopy that includes crockets and pinnacles.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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