The Dissenters Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A C19 Chapel. 1 related planning application.
The Dissenters Chapel
- WRENN ID
- old-gargoyle-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- The Dissenters Chapel, Harrow Road W10, W10 4SR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 238 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52693, -0.21586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dissenters' Chapel is a Nonconformist funerary chapel and catacombs located in Kensal Green Cemetery, built between 1831 and 1834 by John Griffith, who was the Surveyor to the General Cemetery Company. The structure features Portland stone and rendered brick walls, with an Ionic tetrastyle portico that has a pediment. It is flanked by curving three-bay wings that include paired pilasters at the front and twin Ionic columns in antis at the ends, with memorial tablets on the walls of the wings. Inside, the east wall is articulated with pilasters, and there is a pine reading desk and pews. A modern single-storey extension has been added to the rear of the north wing. Below the chapel are catacombs, which are partly sealed. This chapel was the first purpose-built Nonconformist funerary chapel in a public cemetery. The wings were demolished in the early 1970s but were reinstated between 1995 and 1997 by English Heritage.
Local climate
The Dissenters Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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