Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Chapel.
Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- nether-forge-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1951
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Congregational Chapel, Castle Square, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 461 096
- Coordinates
- 52.66453, 0.15974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Chapel, built in 1818, is located on the north side of Wisbech Castle Square. It is constructed from local brown brick, featuring rusticated stone quoins, a stone cill band, and a plinth band. The building is two storeys tall with a symmetrical facade. On the first floor, there are three double recessed round-headed brick arches, each with a stone key block and imposts. The hung sash windows, which resemble those of the Wesleyan chapel on The Crescent, may be replacements and are shaped to fit round-headed arches with margin glazing bars.
Flanking the central doorway, which has rusticated stone jambs and a deep flat stone arch with a cornice and fanned key block, are two similar windows. The doorway is topped by a large rectangular fanlight with margin glazing bars and is approached by stone steps leading to modern double doors.
To the west of the chapel, there is a two-storey Sunday School built in 1911, which features matching architectural details and rusticated jambs on its archway. Inside the chapel, the original gallery extends along three sides and is supported by slender iron columns with a panelled balustrade. Fluted and sunk-panelled pilasters frame the dais arch, which houses the organ in a recess. The chapel also contains three two-light ground floor windows with arched glazing bars, featuring early 20th-century stained glass.
Local climate
Congregational Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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