Zoar Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1991. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.

Zoar Chapel

WRENN ID
stony-dormer-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gravesham
Constituency
Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1991
Type
Chapel
Address
Zoar Chapel, Peacock Street, DA12 1EG
OS grid reference
TQ 650 739
Coordinates
51.44014, 0.37324
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Zoar Chapel is a Grade II listed building constructed in 1845 for the Street or Particular Baptists. It is made of stock brick with cement dressings and features a slate roof with pedimented gable ends. The chapel has a rectangular single cell plan, with the entrance located at the east end and a Sunday School at the west end, designed in a Neo Classical style.

The east end has three bays, featuring brick pilasters with plain capitals that support an entablature topped with a large moulded cement pediment. This pediment includes a circular ventilator and plaques inscribed with "ZOAR CHAPEL" in the tympanum. The central bay has panelled double doors with a raised panel above, flanked by tall 15-pane sash windows. The right-hand return (north) side has seven bays with similar sash windows, separated by brick pilasters that support a brick entablature. The right side of the gable is recessed and includes a lean-to entrance. A lantern is situated on the ridge of the Sunday School.

Inside, the chapel features plastered arcaded walls and arch-braced roof trusses on corbels, supported by metal tie-rods. At the west end, there is a panelled rostrum with a rail in front, featuring a cast-iron balustrade. The benches have shaped ends, and there is a panelled internal porch at the east end. Two wall tablets are present, one of which commemorates I.C. Johnson, who was responsible for the chapel's plans and construction. Johnson was a manufacturer of Portland cement and the founder of the cement works at Greenhithe.

Local climate

Zoar 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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