Primitive Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1999. Chapel.
Primitive Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- late-fireplace-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1999
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, the Cloud, Rushton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 910 624
- Coordinates
- 53.15896, -2.13567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Primitive Methodist Chapel in Rushton Spencer was built in 1815 and extended in the late 20th century. It is constructed of coursed stone and features a clay plain tile roof with stone-coped gable ends and shaped kneelers.
This single-storey chapel has a rectangular plan, with a Sunday school added to the south end around the late 20th century. The east elevation has three bays, each with round-arch windows set in dressed stone frames. These windows have wooden sixteen-pane fixed lights, with the center window featuring an opening top light. A similar but smaller window is located in the north gable end. The rear wall is blind and has a small outshut on the left side. The Sunday school extension at the south end is made of brick and has a lower roof.
Inside, the chapel has a ceiling and plastered walls, with simple furnishings that include 19th-century benches with shaped ends, a panelled rostrum with brass candlesticks, and marble wall monuments.
Cloud Chapel is noted for being one of the earliest Primitive Methodist chapels built.
Local climate
Primitive Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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