The Westminster Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1973. Nonconformist chapel. 9 related planning applications.
The Westminster Chapel
- WRENN ID
- turning-marble-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1973
- Type
- Nonconformist chapel
- Address
- The Westminster Chapel, Buckingham Gate Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1E 6BS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 794
- Coordinates
- 51.49882, -0.13821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Westminster Chapel is a Nonconformist chapel built between 1864 and 1865, designed by W.F. Poulton. It is constructed of stock brick, with some red brick and stone dressings, and is designed in the Italian Romanesque style. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring a gabled facade facing Buckingham Gate. This facade includes a recessed triple arched central porch with graduated arcading above, all adorned with decorative shafting. To the right, there is a tower with coupled arched windows, although the uppermost stage was added in the 20th century in a different style and color. The chapel displays much brick polychromy and has a return to the right with two tiers of arched windows. The interior is noted for its particular interest, being nearly oval with two tiers of galleries and a large roof span, as reported by Pevsner.
Local climate
The Westminster 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 9 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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