Bier House or Mortuary Chapel 30 Metres South East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1986. Mortuary chapel.
Bier House or Mortuary Chapel 30 Metres South East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- bitter-groin-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1986
- Type
- Mortuary chapel
- OS grid reference
- TR 038 568
- Coordinates
- 51.27391, 0.92159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bier House, also known as the Mortuary Chapel, is located 30 metres south-east of the Church of St Mary. It was built in the 19th century and incorporates features from the medieval period. The structure is made of flint and rubble, topped with a plain tiled roof. It has a rectangular shape and is a single storey. The west elevation features a medieval rib and stud door with strap hinges, surrounded by a chamfered frame and topped with a small lancet window. On the east elevation, there is a trefoiled 14th-century window. The Bier House was likely constructed between 1841 and 1846 by Hussey, using materials salvaged from the restoration of the Church of St Mary.
Local climate
Bier House or Mortuary Chapel 30 Metres South East of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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