Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sheer-wall-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Congregational Chapel, the Street, Charmouth, DT6 6QE
- OS grid reference
- SY 366 936
- Coordinates
- 50.7389, -2.89943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Chapel, founded in 1689 and rebuilt in 1815, has undergone restorations in 1866 and 1963. It features stone walls that are rendered and an asbestos slate roof with a pedimented gable facing the street. The north elevation is two storeys high and two windows wide, with round-headed wooden window frames that have Y tracery. The windows contain small lozenge leaded panes with green and yellow rippled stained glass. The main entrance is centrally located and consists of a two-leaf round-headed door with a Y tracery fanlight above, along with a six-panel door and panelled jambs. The east wall is buttressed, and both the east and west walls have round-headed windows. Inside, the chapel is plain, featuring a gallery supported by four slim iron columns at the north end. At the south end, there are reeded wooden pilasters and an arch with plain imposts. The reading desk, made of wood, has a convex panelled front and dates from the early 19th century. There are also two memorial tablets on the north wall.
Local climate
Congregational Chapel receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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