Forecourt Steps and Walls to Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1994. Forecourt steps and walls.
Forecourt Steps and Walls to Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tall-sill-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1994
- Type
- Forecourt steps and walls
- Address
- Forecourt Steps and Walls to Methodist Chapel, Fore Court, Bodmin
- OS grid reference
- SX 068 670
- Coordinates
- 50.47136, -4.72336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt steps and walls to the Methodist Chapel in Bodmin were built in 1840. They are constructed from rubble brought to course, with dressed stone piers. The steps are made of dressed granite, featuring copings and moulded caps on the piers. The entrance is wide and curved, with low walls on either side of the steps that extend along the front to the terminal piers, as well as a short return to an additional pier on the left.
Local climate
Forecourt Steps and Walls to Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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