Ruins of Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Marlin Chapel Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. Chapel.

Ruins of Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Marlin Chapel Farm

WRENN ID
tired-passage-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1952
Type
Chapel
Address
Ruins of Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Marlin Chapel Farm, Northchurch
OS grid reference
SP 962 071
Coordinates
51.75463, -0.60651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ruins of the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Marlin Chapel Farm are a 13th-century structure located beside an ancient roadway, approximately 60 meters west of a moated manorial enclosure now part of Marlin Chapel Farm. The chapel is built from flint with clunch dressings and is large and rectangular, oriented east-northeast by east. The corners of the chapel rise to about 5 meters, while the remaining walls are at ground level. It features a chamfered stone plinth that runs around diagonal corner buttresses and has prominent open putlog holes. The site is currently fenced and overgrown. Historical records indicate that a late 13th-century charter from Sir Hugh de Broc enhanced the endowment of this chapel.

Local climate

Ruins of Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Marlin Chapel Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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