Chapel of St Ledger is a Grade I listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1972. A 1588 Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Chapel of St Ledger
- WRENN ID
- vacant-cloister-harvest
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1972
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Chapel of St Ledger, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- TL 312 711
- Coordinates
- 52.3228, -0.07525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel of St Ledger, built in 1588, is a Grade I listed building that was restored in 1930. It has two storeys and features a splayed apse built over an enlarged middle pier on the eastern side. The first floor, which is at road level, has two-light traceried windows and retains elements associated with the worship of St Ledger. The ground floor includes a cast iron balcony that overlooks the river.
Local climate
Chapel of St Ledger 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings