Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Cuddesdon House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Cuddesdon House
- WRENN ID
- late-steeple-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Cuddesdon House, Cuddesdon and Denton, OX44 9HB
- OS grid reference
- SP 600 031
- Coordinates
- 51.72399, -1.13206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Cuddesdon House was built in 1846 by Benjamin Ferrey for Bishop Samuel Wilberforce. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features an artificial stone slate roof. The chapel has a three-bay plan and is designed in the Decorated style, characterized by reticulated tracery.
The west wall includes two 2-light windows on either side of a central buttress, topped with a stone bell-cote on the gable. The north wall has three 2-light windows separated by buttresses, while the east wall features a 3-light window with a quatrefoil in the gable. The south wall, which has been altered, once connected to the now-demolished Bishop's Palace. All windows are adorned with hood-moulds that have carved heads as stops.
Inside, the chapel boasts an arch-braced roof with curved wind-braces and an oak screen leading to the ante-chapel, which also includes reticulated tracery. The west windows are decorated with armorial glass created by Thomas Willement, which was a gift from Queen Victoria, The Prince Consort, and the Archbishops of York and Canterbury.
Local climate
Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Cuddesdon House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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