Chapel and Cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name is a Grade II* listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1973. A Victorian Chapel. 9 related planning applications.
Chapel and Cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name
- WRENN ID
- shifting-marble-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1973
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Chapel and Cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name, Ranelagh Road, WR14 1BQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 791 480
- Coordinates
- 52.13039, -2.30624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel and Cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name dates from 1891-3 and was designed by Sir Ninian Comper and William Bucknell. It is built of red brick with stone dressings and a plain-tile roof. The chapel is a single range of seven bays with six two-light windows featuring simple geometrical tracery facing south. A south porch, with stone buttresses, banding, and a statue of the Virgin and Child in an elaborate niche, leads to a lean-to cloister on either side, incorporating three-light windows. A stone parapet and stack are present on the chapel, culminating in a crocketed octagonal pinnacle to the right. The north side is similarly designed, with three windows.
The interior is divided into bays by a shallow, full-height arcade, with mouldings continuing down to the bases. Moulded shafts also extend upwards to meet the moulded braces of the boarded and panelled wagon roof. Elaborately decorated panels in blue and gold adorn the two bays above the presbytery. Below, a finely carved reredos features extensive gilding and numerous figures, alongside a gilded statue of the Virgin and Child under a gilded, crocketed canopy. A complete set of finely carved oak stalls runs around the sides of the chapel, with a gallery and screen at the west end; the open arches of the screen have elaborate traceried heads. An ogee-headed doorway gives access to double doors. Stained glass is present in the four-light east window and one north window.
The cloister connects the chapel to the wider Convent of the Holy Name. The buildings were formerly listed at Grade II.
Local climate
Chapel and Cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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