John Bunyans Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1971. Chimney.

John Bunyans Chimney

WRENN ID
endless-bailey-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1971
Type
Chimney
Address
John Bunyans Chimney, Coleman Green Lane, Wheathampstead
OS grid reference
TL 190 126
Coordinates
51.79993, -0.27479
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

John Bunyan's Chimney is a standalone chimney stack located in a small public garden in Wheathampstead, dating from the mid to late 17th century, with an enlargement in the 18th century. The chimney features three joined square shafts arranged in a T plan and has a large L-shaped base with sloped off-sets. The southwest side of the base appears to be an 18th-century addition that blocks the original inglenook. Inside the stack, a timber bressumer is visible. On the southwest side, there is a commemorative plaque honoring John Bunyan, who preached at the cottage that once stood on this site.

Local climate

John Bunyans Chimney 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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