Former Roman Catholic Chapel, 5 Metres East of Coldham Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Chapel.

Former Roman Catholic Chapel, 5 Metres East of Coldham Hall

WRENN ID
last-pier-ridge
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
TL 864 558
Coordinates
52.16949, 0.72476
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Roman Catholic chapel, built around 1800, is located 5 metres east of Coldham Hall. It features red brick construction, with the rear made of flint rubble and red brick quoins. The chapel has a hipped slated roof with a parapet on the garden side. Each long wall contains three limestone windows, which are mullioned and transomed, featuring six lights with hexagonal and diamond leaded panes. Each window includes a central roundel with a stained glass figure of one of the 12 apostles.

There are two framed entrance doors in the end wall, adorned with applied nail-head ornament, and matching doors at the opposite end flanking the altar. Inside, there is notable plasterwork in the Gothick style, with an apsidal sanctuary that is lit from above and framed by an arched opening with a plaster architrave and flanking pilasters topped with obelisk finials. The opposite end wall features a matching blank arch with pilasters. Additional pilasters are present at each bay, supporting timber beams and a matchboarded panelled ceiling. This chapel is classified as Grade II* due to its rarity and significance as a Roman Catholic chapel built before the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829.

Local climate

Former Roman Catholic Chapel, 5 Metres East of Coldham Hall 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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