Congregational Church and 89 and 89A Broad Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Chapel, commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
Congregational Church and 89 and 89A Broad Street
- WRENN ID
- quartered-chapel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Chapel, commercial building
- Address
- Congregational Church and 89 and 89A Broad Street, RG1 2AP
- OS grid reference
- SU 714 734
- Coordinates
- 51.4553, -0.97376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Church and Nos 89 and 89A on Broad Street is a Grade II listed building, notable for its interior. The exterior of the annexe, built in 1892, features red brick and rises two to four storeys. It has three unequal bays, with three windows, a tower, and two additional windows. The building includes stone dressings, quoins, and string courses. A large archway beneath the tower has a moulded soffit and rustication, with a bolection in the upper part. Above this, a shaped pediment displays a cartouche inscribed "Broad Street Independent Chapel" and the dates "1662, 1892, 1800" on the frieze below. Modern ground floor shops flank the tower, which is topped by an octagonal turret. The chapel itself is located at the back of the annexe in a courtyard and is likely a rebuild from 1800, featuring a hipped slate roof and a two-storey brick structure with three arched windows.
The interior is a good example of a galleried non-conformist chapel in a prosperous market town, although it is not as notable as St Mary's Castle Street. The chapel has a roughly square shape with encircling galleries and an organ positioned over the dais. It includes panelled galleries, late Victorian pews, angled under galleries, and a domed ceiling with a modillion cornice. The central window of the North Gallery features a copy of Burne-Jones's "Light of the World."
Local climate
Congregational Church and 89 and 89A Broad Street 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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