Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1949. Chapel and schoolroom. 8 related planning applications.
Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom
- WRENN ID
- odd-plaster-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1949
- Type
- Chapel and schoolroom
- Address
- Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom, High Street, PE21 8TA
- OS grid reference
- TF 327 436
- Coordinates
- 52.97346, -0.02433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom, built in 1837 with alterations in 1841 and 1853, and an added schoolroom from 1864, is located on High Street in Boston. It is constructed of gault brick with painted ashlar dressings, red brick at the rear and in the schoolroom, and features Welsh slate roofs. The building is designed in the Gothick style, characterized by a dogtooth cornice and a plain parapet with a small stone plinth.
The exterior is two stories tall with a symmetrical five-bay front, where each bay is defined by stepped buttresses topped with plain pinnacles. The central three bays are under one large gable, which is slightly broken forward, while the flanking bays are lower and individually gabled. The central bay features a three-light glazing bar window with a dripmould above a tall three-light window that has a pointed head and intersecting tracery, along with a sill band and dripmould. In the gable, there is a small arched opening and a datestone marking the year 1837. On either side, there are small projecting gabled porches with panelled double doors set in arched openings, each with a dripmould.
The flanking wings contain pairs of pointed doorways with arches above. Each of the four outer bays has a two-light arched Gothick window with glazing bars and a dripmould. The returns of the building are made of red brick and consist of three bays with full-height pilasters. The ground floor features three glazing bar casements with segmental heads, while the upper floor has three similar windows with Gothick lights and arches.
The rear schoolroom is two stories high, constructed of red brick, and has three-light casements. Inside, the chapel features a gallery around all four sides supported by slender cast-iron piers, with panelled sides and raked seats. The preacher's stall is situated on a platform, adorned with decorative cast-iron balusters, a wreathed handrail, and decorative turned newels.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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