Forecourt Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Overthrows to the Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Chapel.

Forecourt Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Overthrows to the Chapel

WRENN ID
leaning-clay-bracken
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1972
Type
Chapel
Address
Forecourt Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Overthrows to the Chapel, Vineyards
OS grid reference
ST 750 653
Coordinates
51.38683, -2.36012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt wall, gatepiers, gates, and overthrows to the chapel date from around 1765 and were originally built for the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, which is now the Building of Bath Museum. The chapel is fronted by a stone plinth with arrow-head railings that rise at the sides to meet stone piers topped with cornices. On either side of the courtyard, there are double gates with long and short arrow-head railings, flanked by corniced piers that support wrought iron ogee-arched overthrows adorned with scrolls at both the bases and tops. One of the gate piers is inscribed with sunken capitals that read 'FORMERLY COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL A.D. 1766'. Additionally, metal banners that follow the ogee curves display the text 'THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL'.

Local climate

Forecourt Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Overthrows to the Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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