Old Meeting Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Old Meeting Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bracket-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Old Meeting Baptist Church, 156 and 158, High Street, Cottenham, CB24 8RX
- OS grid reference
- TL 451 679
- Coordinates
- 52.29033, 0.12613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Meeting Baptist Church is a Nonconformist chapel built in 1856 and extended in 1904. It is constructed of gault brick and features a slate roof with end parapets supported by kneelers. The building has a rectangular plan with a gable end facing the road. The principal elevation is pedimented and consists of three round-headed bays framed by paired giant pilasters, arranged in two heights. The pediment is adorned with a border of cut brickwork and has round-headed graduated arches leading to recesses, two of which are glazed. The front stage includes one round-headed window in each bay, while the ground stage has three doorways set in similar double recessed arches, with the center doorway being larger. The side elevations also feature five round-headed bays, each with fixed light fenestration, small panes, original cast iron glazing bars, and central pivot lights. Inside, the original fittings remain intact, with a gallery on three sides and cast iron work leading to the pulpit.
Local climate
Old Meeting 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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