Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-chapel-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Baptist Chapel, Tilehouse Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 180 289
- Coordinates
- 51.9469, -0.28384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, located on Tilehouse Street, was built in 1838 in a Neoclassical style. It replaced an earlier building dating from 1669. The front elevation is stuccoed, while the rear and side elevations are constructed of grey brick. The prominent front façade features a monumental tetrastyle pseudo-portico with attached columns, topped by three round-headed doorways and three tall windows. These are set within architrave surrounds featuring friezes and cornices. The chapel forms a group with a nearby gateway.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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