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

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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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