The Zion Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Chapel.
The Zion Chapel
- WRENN ID
- lunar-outpost-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- The Zion Chapel, the Street, Smarden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 882 423
- Coordinates
- 51.14977, 0.69031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Zion Chapel, dated 1841, features a stuccoed front. It is supported by four pilasters on tall bases, which hold up a cornice and a pediment inscribed with the word 'Zion'. The chapel has two tall, thin windows that retain their glazing bars. The entrance is framed by a doorcase with a moulded architrave surround, topped with a pediment on brackets, and includes a double door made up of six fielded panels.
Local climate
The Zion Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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