Former Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. Chapel. 6 related planning applications.
Former Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- buried-flagstone-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1976
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Baptist Chapel, Christ Church Dunstable, West Street, Dunstable, LU6 1SX
- OS grid reference
- TL 017 218
- Coordinates
- 51.88615, -0.52241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Baptist Chapel, built in 1847, is an early to mid 19th-century structure located on the north side of West Street in Christ Church Dunstable. It is constructed of red brick and stucco, featuring a central pediment. The building stands two storeys tall and has three arched windows, with round-headed windows on the first floor and segmental windows on the ground floor. It has quoins, a slightly recessed centre, and windows that are recessed in panels. There are three central doors, each consisting of two folds with ten panels, flanked by pilasters and topped with consoles and a cornice hood. Access to the entrance is via four stone steps. The building also has recessed one-storey side wings with doorways in round arches beneath stone tablets and a parapet. An eaves level entablature runs along the main block, and there have been recent alterations to the lower part of the front.
Local climate
Former Baptist Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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