Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1986. Chapel.

Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
first-truss-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1986
Type
Chapel
Address
Baptist Chapel, Leicester Road, Broughton Astley
OS grid reference
SP 521 937
Coordinates
52.53929, -1.23307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Baptist Chapel is a building primarily from the 18th century, with an extension added around 1815. The oldest part is likely a small single-storey wing at the rear, which features two renewed three-light casement windows. The later 18th-century section has an L-shaped plan and includes a hipped roof bay at the entrance front, which contains a door framed by wood architrave and a two-light casement window to its right. Above this, there is a four-light sash window with a steeply arched head, although this is a 19th-century addition. The left side of the main range has two-light casement windows with cambered heads. The building features a moulded eaves cornice and a lean-to porch on the right with a round-headed archway. Behind the porch is a canted end gable, which is a 19th-century addition, and it has paired round-headed windows on each facet, recessed with stained glass in leaded lights and a chequerwork brick band above. The moulded eaves detail is repeated in this section. The chapel was founded in 1650.

Local climate

Baptist Chapel receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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