Chapel and Attached School is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1967. A Medieval Church, school. 1 related planning application.
Chapel and Attached School
- WRENN ID
- errant-cloister-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1967
- Type
- Church, school
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Chapel and Attached School, Potterhanworth Road, Heighington, LN4 1RJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 030 694
- Coordinates
- 53.21183, -0.45903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former parish church, now serving as a chapel of ease with attached school rooms. It dates back to the 12th century, was restored in 1619, and extended in 1865 by Michael Drury. The structure features a medieval west tower, a single cell nave, and a chancel, along with school rooms to the north. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs with coped gables and moulded kneelers. Notable elements include quoins, a chamfered plinth, and an eaves band.
The square west tower has lower sections with corner buttresses and blank lower stages, topped by a pair of pointed bell openings within a single chamfered arch on each face. The tower is crowned with a parapet pierced with quatrefoils, an ornate corner pinnacle, and a pyramidal slate roof with an iron weathervane. The south front of the nave features a slightly projecting gabled porch with a deeply moulded pointed arch and double plank doors with ornate iron hinges. To the right, there are three 3-light geometrical tracery windows in moulded and chamfered pointed arches with hood moulds.
The east gable wall has a large 4-light geometrical tracery window in a moulded and chamfered pointed arch with a hood mould. The school section has a projecting gabled porch with a large plank door in a chamfered ashlar surround to the south, and a pair of windows in the east gable wall. To the right, there is a 2-light geometrical tracery window in a chamfered pointed arch, followed by two lancets, all with hood moulds.
Inside, the building features a late Norman tower arch with water leaf capitals, along with 19th-century pews, a pulpit, an altar rail, and oil lamps. The original parish church fell into disrepair and was restored in 1619 at the expense of Thomas Garrett, one of the Fen Drainage Adventurers, but unfortunately, none of this work survived the later 19th-century restoration.
Local climate
Chapel and Attached School receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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