Lovekyn Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. Chapel. 13 related planning applications.
Lovekyn Chapel
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pavement-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1951
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Lovekyn Chapel, 105, London Road, KT2 6NH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 185 693
- Coordinates
- 51.41085, -0.29643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lovekyn Chapel is a Grade II* listed chantry chapel founded by Edward Lovekyn in 1309. It was partly rebuilt in 1352 and underwent significant renewal in 1886. The chapel became part of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in 1561, which was later renamed Kingston Grammar School, and it has remained associated with the school ever since.
The building is a plain rectangular structure with gabled ends and octagonal corner turrets at the east end. It is three bays wide. Originally faced with flint, the east wall and the two eastern bays of the south wall were re-faced with ashlar in the late 19th century, and the turrets are also ashlar-faced. The east and west windows feature three-light cusped Perpendicular windows, while the side windows are two-light, with only one of the three in the north wall currently open. On the south side, only the two eastern bays have windows, and the western bay contains a two-centred-arched doorway. The interior has three bays, with two cusped arches in the north and south walls between the windows. There is a corbel in the form of a carved head attached to a mullion at the east end, and the roof features a king post design.
Local climate
Lovekyn Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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