Nonconformist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1993. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Nonconformist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- far-chalk-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1993
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Nonconformist Chapel, Fordham Road, Soham
- OS grid reference
- TL 599 723
- Coordinates
- 52.32616, 0.34555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This Nonconformist burial chapel, located on the north side of the primary access road, was built around 1855. It features knapped flint and stone dressings, with slate roofs that still have their original ornamental cresting. The chapel has a nave and sanctuary consisting of three continuous bays, with a south porch and vestry that project from the sides, creating a T-plan layout. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style, highlighted by an east wheel window and a decorated tracery light above the west entrance. The gable face and the entrance to the south porch are adorned with carved stops in the shape of a vesica piscis. The gable ends are capped with coping that is finished with gable crosses. The original plank doors are fitted with iron hinges. Inside, the chapel has a plain plastered interior that lacks original fittings but retains an exposed rafter roof, with the bays defined by doubled rafters connected by a carved fascia and passing braces. This chapel forms a pair with the Anglican chapel located to the south.
Local climate
Nonconformist Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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 0.3°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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