Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- twisted-glass-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Baptist Chapel, Rye Lane, SE15 4NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 342 765
- Coordinates
- 51.47168, -0.06913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, built in 1863 by Bland, is a notable brick structure with a stucco front, featuring a heavy cornice and a blocking course above the frieze. The chapel is two storeys high and has an impressive three-bay façade facing the street, with one-bay brick extensions on either side that are set back. The right extension includes a stucco pedimented porch.
A prominent giant distyle Tuscan portico under a pediment is located at the central bay, with corresponding giant pilasters at the corners and between the bays. The main entrance features a recessed door with a panel above, flanked by lateral scrolled consoles. The ground-floor windows are square-headed and include margin lights, while the first-floor windows are round-headed, adorned with a moulded stucco archivolt that has a key and a band at the spring. A stucco band runs between the floors, and there is a plinth with panels beneath the windows, along with a moulded band at the ground-floor sill level. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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