Watlington Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Watlington Methodist Church

WRENN ID
tangled-lantern-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Church
Address
Watlington Methodist Church, 14, Shirburn Street, OX49 5BT
OS grid reference
SU 690 945
Coordinates
51.64521, -1.00347
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watlington Methodist Church is a Wesleyan chapel dating from 1812, as indicated by the datestone in the tympanum. The building features a front constructed of Flemish bond brick with flared headers and a gabled roof covered in Welsh slate. The facade has a pediment and consists of two storeys with three windows. A 20th-century porch is gabled. There are gauged brick round arches above a panelled double-leaf door, which is adorned with a Gothick fanlight and 20th-century casements. A stone string course and a moulded cornice run along the top, and wrought-iron antefixae sit atop the pediment. Each side wall has round arches over similar sash windows.

Inside, the church contains an early 19th-century wall tablet, pews, and a pulpit. There are winder stairs with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail leading to a balcony supported by cast-iron columns. The balcony features early 19th-century benches and a late 19th-century organ. A blind triple arcade of pointed chamfered arches includes late 19th-century four-panelled doors that lead to the rear hall.

Local climate

Watlington Methodist Church 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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