Midnight Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C12 Chapel.

Midnight Chapel

WRENN ID
white-frieze-crow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Chapel
Address
Midnight Chapel, Waltham Abbey
OS grid reference
TL 381 007
Coordinates
51.6881, -0.00244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Midnight Chapel, built in 1767, is a late 12th century or early 13th century slype with two bays that served as an entrance to the former cloister of the Abbey of the Holy Cross, which was elevated from a priory to an abbey in 1184. It was likely constructed before 1242, the year the enlarged church was rededicated. The chapel features coursed rubble and ashlar, with open archways at either end and a stone vault. Midnight Chapel is part of a group that includes the Church of the Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Abbey Gateway, Harolds Bridge, the Walls of the Abbey and Chapter House, the Garden Wall, and the Vicarage.

Local climate

Midnight 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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