St Edmunds Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1973. A Romanesque Chapel.

St Edmunds Chapel

WRENN ID
worn-parapet-bone
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1973
Type
Chapel
Period
Romanesque
Address
St Edmunds Chapel, Priory Street
OS grid reference
TR 316 416
Coordinates
51.12736, 1.30939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Edmunds Chapel is a Grade II* listed building located on Priory Street in Dover. Dating from the 12th century, it was originally the Chapel of the Cemetery of the Poor, associated with the Maison Dieu, and served as a pilgrims' chapel dedicated to St Edmund of Canterbury. The chapel is a single-storey structure faced with flint. Inside, it features a restored king-post roof, with some tie-beams reused from another medieval building. The exterior includes two lancet windows. In 1544, the chapel was dissolved and subsequently had various uses, including a victualling store for the Navy, a store room, and a forge. It has recently been restored for ecclesiastical purposes.

Local climate

St Edmunds Chapel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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