Henley Cemetery Nonconformist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1996. Chapel.
Henley Cemetery Nonconformist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- gilded-facade-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1996
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Henley Cemetery Nonconformist Chapel, A423, Bix and Assendon
- OS grid reference
- SU 744 844
- Coordinates
- 51.5542, -0.92787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nonconformist cemetery chapel at Henley Cemetery was built in 1868. It is constructed from knapped flint with freestone dressings and has a clay tile roof. The chapel features a nave and a short chancel, along with a north entrance porch.
The exterior showcases steeply pitched roofs adorned with bands of shaped tiles, crested ridge-tiles, and stone coping on the gable ends, which include finials and corbelled kneelers. There are remnants of a dismantled bell-cote over the east end of the nave. The chapel has shallow buttresses with multiple offsets, a stone plinth-course, and a string-course at the base of the windows. The east window has two lights, while the west windows have three lights, both featuring Geometric Decorated tracery. The north and south sides have small cusped lancet windows. The pointed-arched doorways on the north and south are fitted with doors that have ornate wrought-iron hinges.
Inside, there is a simple rendered chamfered chancel arch and a scissor-braced roof. Most fixtures and fittings have been removed.
This chapel is recognized for its architectural interest, being well-built and detailed, and for its group value, as it pairs with the nearby Anglican chapel, together forming the centerpiece of an intact Victorian cemetery landscape.
Local climate
Henley Cemetery Nonconformist Chapel 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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