Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1984. A C19 Chapel. 3 related planning applications.
Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- brooding-gable-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1984
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Congregational Chapel, High Street, Hungerford
- OS grid reference
- SU 337 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41395, -1.51614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Chapel, dated 1840 and displayed on a panel in the facade, is a building in a simplified classical style. Constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, the congregation was originally founded in 1671, moved to the site in 1793, and the building was enlarged in 1810 before being rebuilt in 1840. It has a hipped slate roof, painted stucco exterior with a stone parapet, a deep frieze, a plain cornice, a blocking course, and a low central pediment. A moulded first-floor string runs around the building, and there is a stone plinth at the base. The chapel is one storey high, with a gallery facing the street. It has three bays separated by full-height pilasters. Semi-circular headed, marginally glazed sash windows are in the outer bays at gallery level, and there are two square-headed windows below. A central door is set within a doorcase of pilasters, a frieze, a simple cornice, and a vestigial pediment, and is approached by four stone steps. The interior is plain, with a gallery located at the entrance end.
Local climate
Congregational Chapel receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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