The Old Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Chapel, house. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Chapel
- WRENN ID
- second-panel-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1971
- Type
- Chapel, house
- Address
- The Old Chapel, 5, Mill Lane, Southwold, IP18 6HW
- OS grid reference
- TM 507 761
- Coordinates
- 52.32568, 1.67839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Chapel is a former Methodist chapel, now a house, built in 1799 and converted into a residence in 1839, with late 20th century alterations and an extension. It was constructed by William Samkin using red brick and features pantile hipped roofs.
The exterior has a two-storey front with three windows and a two-storey extension to the left. The central entrance has panelled double-leaf doors that are now sealed, flanked by a two-light casement window on each side. These three openings have keyed semicircular arched heads, which are now blocked. On the first floor, there are two two-light casements that flank a sundial with a gnomon and the inscription "tempus fugit." The building also features a raised band at the first floor level and a dentil eaves cornice.
The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Chapel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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