Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel is a Grade I listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Medieval Charnel house, chapel.
Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel
- WRENN ID
- fossil-obsidian-merlin
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Charnel house, chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 856 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24306, 0.718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Chapel of the Charnel are the remains of a former charnel house associated with the Abbey, dating from the late 13th century and attributed to John of Northwold, who was active between 1279 and 1301. The structure is built of rubble flint with stone dressings and is currently roofless. The walls feature numerous later memorial tablets that have been set into them. Surrounding the ruins are cast-iron spearhead railings that are placed on a low brick plinth wall. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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