Chapel of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Chapel.

Chapel of St Margaret

WRENN ID
eternal-merlon-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1967
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel of St Margaret, Chapel Hill, Alderwasley
OS grid reference
SK 323 534
Coordinates
53.07706, -1.51804
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel of St Margaret, now serving as a village hall, dates from the early 16th century and was restored in the 20th century. It is constructed of massive coursed gritstone and features moulded copings on the gables, moulded kneelers, and a stone slated roof.

The south elevation is asymmetrical, with two-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows at the center and a blocked doorway to the east. This doorway has a four-centred arch to the lintel soffit and a quoined chamfered surround beneath a dripmould. Further to the east, there is another two-light chamfered mullioned window with segmental arched heads.

The west end includes a double doorway with a shouldered surround that supports a reset lintel featuring a four-centred arch to the soffit, adorned with floral motifs and nail head ornament along the margins. Above this doorway is a slightly curved dripmould with carved heads at either end. Various other carved stones are incorporated into the masonry. Additionally, there is a carved plaque made of alabaster or a similar material set behind glass above the blocked doorway. The east gable has a set-off to the masonry and features a tall three-light chamfered mullioned window with segmental arched heads, along with a plain version of this window at the gable apex.

Local climate

Chapel of St Margaret receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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