Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Chapel.
Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
- WRENN ID
- iron-roof-holly
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1959
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne, Colston Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 585 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45613, -2.59744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne is a chapel built in 1504, which was refaced and roofed in 1861 by Foster and Wood, with restoration completed in 1865, during which most of the carvings were added. The chapel is constructed of squared coursed limestone and Pennant rubble, featuring limestone dressings and a tiled roof.
The nave includes Pennant stone on the west and south sides, as well as the upper section of the north side. It has a roll-top coping on the end gables and side parapets, with Tudor-arched windows. The east window is a four-light design with panel tracery and a hoodmould with diamond stops. There is a single north window with intersecting tracery and a trace of an arched doorway at the right-hand end.
The west gable features a doorway with panelled reveals and soffit for double doors, topped with an ogee hood that has crockets and a finial, along with a carved tympanum and carved head stops. Above this doorway are three statue niches on carved bases, with canted canopies that have attached finials and pinnacles, which contain mid-20th century statues. At the top of the gable is a square bellcote with angle buttresses and a weathered ogee cap and finial.
Inside, there are canopied niches on either side at the east end, and a Royal Arms displayed above the entrance. The interior also features 19th-century half panelling and pews.
Local climate
Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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