Rochester Deaconesses' Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1963. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Rochester Deaconesses' Chapel
- WRENN ID
- burning-mortar-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wandsworth
- Constituency
- Battersea MP: Marsha De Cordova (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1963
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Rochester Deaconesses' Chapel, 113, Clapham Common North Side Sw11
- OS grid reference
- TQ 279 752
- Coordinates
- 51.46171, -0.15989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rochester Deaconesses' Chapel, Clapham Common, was built in 1891 by the architect Philip Webb. It is a three-bay structure defined by shallow piers and incorporates a basement and main storey. The building is constructed of yellow brick, with harled spandrels between the bays and along the coving. It has a tiled roof. The segmental-headed windows are each of five leaded lights.
Inside, the chapel features an open roof with wooden trusses. The windows were created by Morris and Company, using cartoons by Burnes-Jones. A central south window, dated 1911, depicts St Gabriel, Mary (sister of Lazarus), the Blessed Virgin, Martha, and St Michael, all set against a background of trees and lilies. Two small roundel windows in the chancel, made in 1912, each depict an angel with red wings. A further small roundel in the west wall, dated 1913 and created by Henry Dearle, shows a praying angel.
Local climate
Rochester Deaconesses' 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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