Unitarian Chapel and Chapel Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. A Georgian Chapel.
Unitarian Chapel and Chapel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusk-doorway-bistre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Unitarian Chapel and Chapel Cottage, Short Row, Belper
- OS grid reference
- SK 349 478
- Coordinates
- 53.02671, -1.48018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unitarian Chapel and Chapel Cottage in Belper has been a place of worship since 1689. The current building, believed to have been constructed in 1788, though some sources suggest 1782, was built by Jedediah Strutt, who included a private entrance and approach road. The chapel is made of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof, standing two storeys tall. The facade facing Field Row has a round arched entrance with a keystone, and an external cantilevered stone staircase leads to a six-panelled door with a quoined surround, providing access at first floor level. The facade facing Short Row includes a two-storey gabled porch and three round arched windows, with an additional window on the eastern section. Inside, the chapel retains its original tiered boxed-in pews, under which is an arched catacomb, where it is thought that Jedediah Strutt is buried. Chapel Cottage is located partly beneath the choir seating.
Local climate
Unitarian Chapel and Chapel Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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