Salem Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1983. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Salem Chapel
- WRENN ID
- calm-passage-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1983
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Salem Chapel, High Street, Ramsey, PE26 1AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 287 850
- Coordinates
- 52.4478, -0.10694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Salem Chapel is a Strict Baptist chapel dating from 1857, as inscribed on a plaque in the pediment. It is located on Ramsey High Street. The chapel is constructed of gault brick with a slate roof. The front has a pedimented facade of four bays, delineated by giant pilasters that feature scroll brackets at the cornice. The eaves are boarded. An open vestibule is formed by two round-headed archways, with two similar arches providing access to the main entrances. Each entrance has a pair of panelled doors and a round-headed fanlight. Windows with margin lights are set within round-headed stone arches at first-floor level in each bay and flanking the vestibule. The interior features a gallery on three sides, supported by an open ironwork front. Original box pews are arranged at ground floor level, along with open pews in the gallery. The chapel was built for David Irish, who had previously been the minister at Warboys.
Local climate
Salem Chapel 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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