Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. Chapel. 3 related planning applications.

Congregational Chapel

WRENN ID
buried-chimney-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1971
Type
Chapel
Address
Congregational Chapel, the Square, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 5SZ
OS grid reference
SU 495 970
Coordinates
51.67042, -1.28427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Congregational Chapel, built in 1862, features an ashlar front elevation with brick sides and is located in front of a 1700 meeting house. The building has a pedimented design with acroteria and a glazed circular window. It stands two storeys tall and includes full-length piers at the corners, adorned with a swag in the frieze. There are three composite pilasters and four round-arched windows with moulded architraves, each featuring a long narrow keystone and a carved label below the cills. A moulded band runs between the pilasters. On the ground floor, there are two windows with similar heads, and two central double doors, each with two panels in a moulded architrave, a carved keystone, and a fanlight above a carved stone band. The entrance is accessed by two stone steps and is set on a plinth. Notably, two pillars in the Church Hall are reputed to be the masts of the "Mayflower." To the left, there is a two-storey extension with a rectangular bay window that has three panels at the base above a carriage archway. The building is topped with a slate roof. The Congregational Church and No. 2 form a group with Nos. 1 to 11 (odd) Ock Street.

Local climate

Congregational Chapel 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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