War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School is a Grade II* listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1949. Chapel.
War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School
- WRENN ID
- ancient-vault-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1949
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School, Dunchurch Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 501 749
- Coordinates
- 52.3702, -1.26412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School was built in 1922 by Sir Charles Nicholson in the Decorated style. It features an ashlar construction and is designed in a Greek cross plan. The chapel includes a stone reredos, an ante-chapel on the west side, and two small chapels located to the south-west and north-west. The design is dignified and sensitive. This chapel, along with the War Memorial Chapel, is part of a group that includes the New and Old Quad Buildings, School House, and Doctor's Wall at Rugby School on Lawrence Sheriff Street.
Local climate
War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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