Parish Social Club is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1999. Roman Catholic chapel, parish hall.

Parish Social Club

WRENN ID
silver-cobble-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brentwood
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1999
Type
Roman Catholic chapel, parish hall
Address
Parish Social Club, 28a, Ingrave Street
OS grid reference
TQ 597 937
Coordinates
51.61994, 0.30613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Social Club is a Roman Catholic chapel built in 1837, with a south aisle added around 1845. It was converted into a school in 1861 and later transformed into a Parish Hall in 1969. The building is constructed of gault brick laid in Flemish bond and features an asbestos slate roof installed in 1991. The chapel has a preaching box plan.

On the exterior, the south aisle includes six 2-light transomed casements with arched heads, each set within a square-headed surround that has a hoodmould with label stops. The lower west window lacks a transom, and the eastern two bays are set back. There are shallow stepped side buttresses between the larger windows and crenellated parapets. The building also has three clerestory windows and a hipped roof.

The east front, which is liturgically the west, is flanked by octagonal turrets topped with elongated lead domed caps and slit lights to the drum, along with two set-offs. The central entrance features double-leaf 2-panelled doors within an arched double-chamfered architrave, which includes a three-vaned fanlight and is topped by a hoodmould on stiff-leaf stops. Above this is a triple stepped lancet under a pointed arch. There is a similar doorway to the south aisle beneath a segmental arch, and a balancing screen front to the north with an opening for a doorway.

The north elevation mirrors the south aisle with three casements but without transoms, separated by heavier stepped side buttresses. To the west, there is a single-storey crenellated vestry with a smaller 2-light window.

The canted east end has three facets, each fitted with 2-light arched windows. Side buttresses and a cornice rise over the east window. The interior was undergoing refitting and refurbishment at the time of the survey and does not contain notable features.

Local climate

Parish Social Club sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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