Congregational Chapel and Attached Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1986. Chapel, school. 2 related planning applications.

Congregational Chapel and Attached Sunday School

WRENN ID
sharp-corner-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1986
Type
Chapel, school
Address
Congregational Chapel and Attached Sunday School, Queen Street, Horncastle
OS grid reference
TF 261 695
Coordinates
53.20788, -0.11278
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A Congregational chapel and attached Sunday school, built in 1821, with additions and alterations in 1874 and the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with limestone ashlar dressings and some stock brick. It has hipped concrete tile and double ridge slate roofs.

The chapel of 1821 faces north with a three-bay, two-storey front. The central doorway has double plank doors with an ornate, traceried overlight. An ashlar plaque above the doorway is inscribed "Independent Chapel". Single glazing bar sash windows flank the doorway, and three glazing bar sashes are above. All windows have segmental heads. The west side of the chapel has a blind opening to the left and two blocked openings to the right, with segmental heads above.

The Sunday school of 1874 is set back to the right, with a three-bay, two-storey west front. An ashlar band at first floor level is inscribed "Rebuilt 1874". The south corner has stock brick quoins. A central doorway, with a semi-circular ashlar surround, a raised keystone, a plain fanlight, and double plank doors, is flanked by single windows. A plaque above the doorway is inscribed "Independent Sunday School, 1825". Above are three windows with ashlar surrounds, raised keystones, and plain sashes with margin lights. The south front, five bays wide, has a doorway with a concrete lintel and plank door to the left, and four plain sashes to the right. Above are four matching sashes, all with segmental heads and margin lights. Keyed oculi are set in each gable of the double ridge roof.

Inside the chapel, the 1821 gallery remains intact, featuring fielded panelling, slender iron columns, and two delicate staircases with slender bannisters with wave panelling and moulded handrails. The ceiling has a central round panel decorated with bold acanthus leaf motifs. Tiered pine panelled pews are located upstairs, with hinged doors and raking bench ends, while the pews below date to 1874. Three white marble monuments on black marble fields commemorate The Reverend John Pain (died 1844), Jane Wood (died 1853), and Thomas Meredith (died 1858).

Local climate

Congregational Chapel and Attached Sunday School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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