Strict Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. Chapel. 5 related planning applications.
Strict Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- vast-paling-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Strict Baptist Chapel, Saint David's Bridge, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 778 359
- Coordinates
- 51.09529, 0.53785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Baptist Chapel, dating from the 18th century and converted in 1787. The building is timber-framed and covered in weatherboarding, with a plain tiled half-hipped roof. It has three round-headed windows with glazing bars on the north side, and a doorway with a wooden porch hood to the left. Inside, there is a gallery at the south-east end with a moulded upper rail. The pulpit, likely from the early 19th century, is located at the north-west end and features fluted supports and a round-arched back panel. A communion table with two supports and a small desk on top, sloping on four sides for singers, is also present. The chapel appears to have been created from the conversion of two cottages, as blocked openings are visible internally.
Local climate
Strict Baptist Chapel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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