Methodist Chapel and Adjoining School is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. Chapel, school.
Methodist Chapel and Adjoining School
- WRENN ID
- leaning-plinth-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1990
- Type
- Chapel, school
- OS grid reference
- SP 359 193
- Coordinates
- 51.87191, -1.4798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Chapel and adjoining school, built in 1823 for the chapel and 1844 for the school, are constructed from coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings and feature a slate roof. The chapel has a central double door set in a round arch, flanked by round-headed sash windows with glazing bars that intersect at their heads. Three similar windows on the first floor illuminate the gallery at the south end, all featuring plain stone architraves and keyblocks. The gable parapet is topped with stone coping and a ball finial. The gable-fronted school room has two sets of three-light stone mullioned and transomed windows on both the ground and first floors. A Diocletian window is present in the gable, along with mock round-headed windows with intersecting glazing bars at the rear. This building serves as a Wesleyan Sunday School. Inside, the lobby screen beneath the chapel gallery features raised and fielded panels. The gallery, which contains original tiered pews, is supported by two wooden columns and includes stairs with square-section balusters. The dado is match-boarded, and original ceiling ventilators are present. A door from the gallery leads to the first-floor school room, which has a match-boarded roof and tie-beam trusses supported by wooden struts and iron ties.
Local climate
Methodist Chapel and Adjoining School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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