White Knowl Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Chapel.
White Knowl Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- drifting-grate-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- White Knowl Methodist Chapel, Hayfield Road, Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
- OS grid reference
- SK 051 828
- Coordinates
- 53.3425, -1.92422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Knowl Methodist Chapel is a chapel built in 1809. It is constructed of rendered stone with gritstone dressings and has a slate roof. The chapel features three bays on its south elevation, which includes a central entrance with double plank doors and an additional door to the west. Above these doors are three small pane sashes with semi-circular heads.
Inside, the chapel has raised and fielded panelled galleries that are supported by fluted iron columns on the east, west, and south sides. There is a panelled octagonal pulpit with stairs located to the north, and above it is a semi-circular long window that contains stained glass. The ground floor is fitted with box pews.
Local climate
White Knowl Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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