Forbury Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1954. Chapel.
Forbury Chapel
- WRENN ID
- distant-pavement-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1954
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Forbury Chapel, Church Street, Leominster
- OS grid reference
- SO 497 591
- Coordinates
- 52.22836, -2.7377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forbury Chapel, located on Church Street in Leominster, is a former chapel now used as a hall. It dates back to around 1282 and has undergone later alterations. The building is constructed of stone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof with crested ridge-tiles. On the façade, there are three 19th-century lancet windows with trefoil heads and single transom bars. The entrance includes two 19th-century studded plank doors with ornate strap hinges, set beneath chamfered pointed ashlar arches. The chapel is supported by four stepped buttresses. On the right side, there is a three-light window within a moulded ashlar pointed arch. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to contain a late 15th or 16th-century hammerbeam roof, which is mostly concealed by a 20th-century ceiling.
Local climate
Forbury Chapel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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