United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.

United Reformed Church

WRENN ID
ruined-rood-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1983
Type
Church
Address
United Reformed Church, South End, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth
OS grid reference
TL 333 437
Coordinates
52.07592, -0.05586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reformed Church is a chapel built in 1790, with additions and alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure with roughcast render and plain tiled roofs, along with gault brick and slated roof additions. The building has one galleried storey and an original double hipped roof that consists of three bays, which extends to the east with an apse that houses the vestry and an organ gallery above.

To the north, there is a late 19th-century brick extension that adds one bay, characterized by a symmetrical gabled entrance facade. This facade includes double doors and two side doors that are recessed, accompanied by a band of pointed lights above three fanlights. A portico supported by four octagonal piers enhances the entrance. The church has three two-light gallery windows featuring leaded lights and stuccoed drip moulds, with a quatrefoil design in the apex and an apex finial.

Inside, the gallery wraps around three sides and is supported by wooden columns. A painted roundel on the east side indicates "W.W fecit 1802." There is also a marble tablet dedicated to Reverend Sam Bull, the church's first pastor who was ordained in 1791 and died in 1826, located on the south wall. Additionally, Samuel Dodkin, who died in 1808, left funds for the chapel's upkeep.

Local climate

United Reformed 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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