Birchington Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1987. Chapel.
Birchington Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- half-rotunda-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1987
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Birchington Methodist Chapel, Canterbury Road
- OS grid reference
- TR 303 690
- Coordinates
- 51.37362, 1.30849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birchington Methodist Chapel, dated 1830, is built of stock brick and features a central crenellated clock tower, with another crenellated section. The front has three double lancet windows with traceried heads and a simple doorcase that includes a pointed arch with 'Gothic' glazing. The side elevation contains three additional windows.
Local climate
Birchington Methodist 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 greater than that of 67% 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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