Walkern Free Church (United Reformed Methodist) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Church.

Walkern Free Church (United Reformed Methodist)

WRENN ID
watchful-quoin-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
Church
Address
Walkern Free Church (United Reformed Methodist), High Street
OS grid reference
TL 290 265
Coordinates
51.92275, -0.12483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walkern Free Church, also known as the United Reformed Methodist Church, is a chapel built in 1811, originally as a Congregational chapel. The building features stucco on brick, designed to resemble ashlar, and has slate roofs. It is a small rectangular chapel oriented east-west, set back from the road and surrounded by its graveyard. The entrance is located in the middle of the west end, which has a round-headed window framed in cast iron with small panes positioned above the central rectangular recessed entrance. The door has a fluted surround with lozenge-decorated corner blocks and a small rectangular fanlight between shaped brackets that support a flat hood. The panelled door has been renewed.

On each side of the chapel, there are pointed large cast iron windows with margin lights and small panes, while two similar windows are located at the east end, framing the pine pulpit-back with a pointed arch. The interior features a pine dado and bench seating, maintaining a simple design. The vestry, which has a lower gabled structure with an external gable chimney projecting at the southeast, is accessed from the west and contains a four-panel flush-beaded door. To the right of the vestry is a smaller cast iron pointed window with lattice panes and margin lights. This chapel remains largely unchanged since the early 19th century.

Local climate

Walkern Free Church (United Reformed Methodist) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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