West Downs School Hall and Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1988. School hall, chapel. 1 related planning application.
West Downs School Hall and Chapel
- WRENN ID
- twisted-outpost-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1988
- Type
- School hall, chapel
- Address
- West Downs School Hall and Chapel, Romsey Road, SO22 5HT
- OS grid reference
- SU 467 294
- Coordinates
- 51.06205, -1.33404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Downs School Hall and Chapel is a school hall and chapel built around 1905, designed by architect John Simpson in the Arts and Crafts style. The building is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched tiled roof, with two storeys and attics, and five windows. At the west end, there is an octagonal bell turret, with a tile-hung base and a wooden top that has a tiled roof and an elaborate metal weathervane. Each side of the building has three hipped dormers with leaded lights. The windows are separated by brick buttresses; the first-floor windows are small cambered casements with leaded lights, while the ground-floor windows are larger two-tier triple casements. The projecting west end bay also has a cambered casement. The east end features circular stained glass windows and extensions with three cambered twelve-pane sashes. Inside the chapel, there are exposed roof timbers and a carved reredos, along with good quality window catches. The staircase is designed in concrete with a terrazzo finish and has balusters that are alternately thick and thin. The hall includes wooden panelling and a large stone fireplace with brick infill.
Local climate
West Downs School Hall and Chapel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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