St Mary's Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A C15 Chapel.

St Mary's Chapel

WRENN ID
forgotten-passage-sorrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Chapel
Address
St Mary's Chapel, Blacksmith's Lane, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
OS grid reference
TM 163 974
Coordinates
52.53192, 1.18861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's Chapel, formerly known as Chantry House, is a building that dates back to the 15th century and consists of remains from Ashwell Church, which was converted into a house, likely in the 18th century. The building's plan indicates it may have originated in the 12th century, featuring a nave and chancel. Although there are no visible ancient details on the exterior, the 15th-century arch-braced roof of the nave is still intact.

The exterior is made of plastered flint and brick, topped with a pantile roof that has gabled ends. The nave is two storeys high and has two windows, which are 18th or 19th-century three-light casements. There is a central glazed door and an internal brick chimney stack located at the west end. The east end features a painted brick wing that was formerly the chancel; it was rebuilt in the 18th century and is also two storeys tall, with one window and a pantile roof that has a coped gable end, along with 18th or 19th-century casements.

Local climate

St Mary's Chapel 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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