Grace Church is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Grace Church
- WRENN ID
- fallen-vault-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Grace Church, Peppard Road, RG4 8TP
- OS grid reference
- SU 719 759
- Coordinates
- 51.47758, -0.96493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grace Church is a Congregational chapel located at the rear of No. 119 Peppard Road, founded in 1827 from St Mary's Castle Street. The building is constructed of painted Bath stone ashlar and stucco, with the north side made of brick featuring flint hoods above the windows.
The chapel is designed in a plain Gothic style, characterized by a crenellated west tower that consists of three low stages. It features paired four-centred lancets with drip moulds on the north and south sides, along with a four-centred arch-headed doorway.
Inside, the chapel has a five-bay nave with triangular-headed lancets that include drips and moulded strings. The dividing wall is supported by buttresses.
Grace Church is recognized for its architectural significance as a good example of an early 19th-century Congregational chapel.
Local climate
Grace Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 — 2 applications
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