Former Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Former Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- drifting-pavement-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Congregational Chapel, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JT
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 454
- Coordinates
- 52.07565, 0.71599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Congregational Chapel, built around 1724, is a red brick square building located on Hall Street in Long Melford. The east front features two tall semi-circular arched windows, while the south side has three segmental headed casements with brick aprons. A central double door with eight panels and semi-circular headed panels above adds to the entrance. The roof is hipped and tiled, complemented by a moulded wood eaves cornice.
Local climate
Former Congregational 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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