Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Church.
Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- slow-column-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Baptist Church, High Street, Somersham
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 778
- Coordinates
- 52.38221, -0.00096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Church, dated 1812 on a plaque, is a Nonconformist Chapel located on the south side of Somersham High Street. It features a gable end facing the road and is constructed of gault brick with a tiled roof that has a pedimented gable end. The building has two three-light casements on both the first and ground floors. The central entrance consists of a four-centred arch leading to panelled double doors topped with a fanlight. Inside, the church is galleried on three sides. The front of the church is adorned with original wrought iron railings and gates set between gault brick piers with stone coping.
Local climate
Baptist Church 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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