Congregational Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Chapel.
Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-belfry-reed
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Congregational Chapel, High Street, Roxton
- OS grid reference
- TL 151 544
- Coordinates
- 52.17623, -0.3169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Chapel, built in 1808, is a notable structure located on High Street in Roxton. This chapel features a T-plan layout and is constructed of colour washed rough cast with a hipped thatched roof. It is designed in a cottage ornee style, characterized by wide eaves supported on rustic posts.
The chapel has semicircular porches on all sides that are open to the front and rear. The southern porch is in antis and includes rustic pilasters, a vaulted roof, and clustered pinecones that serve as capitals and roof bosses. The windows throughout the building are leaded and feature ogee arches, with some arches being decorative rather than functional. The eastern elevation also has doors with ogee arches.
Three wooden ridge turrets adorn the roof, each with louvres, pyramidal roofs, and finials. Inside, the chapel contains a school room and vestry in the northern and southern wings, with a central chapel that includes a gallery and side arcade.
Local climate
Congregational Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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