Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Creech) is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A Post-Medieval Chapel.
Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Creech)
- WRENN ID
- white-forge-moth
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Creech), Grange Road, Steeple with Tyneham
- OS grid reference
- SY 910 824
- Coordinates
- 50.64142, -2.12776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel of St John the Evangelist, located on Moreton Grange Road, is a small chapel-of-ease that was formerly a private chapel for Creech Grange. It was built in 1746 by Dennis Bond and incorporates a 12th-century chancel arch from East Holme Priory. The chapel was rebuilt in the 19th century, except for the north transept, and is designed in a "Norman" style.
The structure features ashlar stone walls and stone slate roofs with coped gables, although part of the roof has been re-covered in asbestos sheeting. The layout includes a nave, chancel, north transept, and south vestry, along with a west tower. The square tower has a smaller square turret with open arches and a pyramid roof set on a moulded cornice. The nave has a round-headed window, with shallow buttresses positioned between it. The east side features a triple window.
Internally, the chapel showcases a notable 12th-century chancel arch, which consists of two orders adorned with chevron and nailhead ornamentation, as well as jamb shafts with carved capitals. The chancel windows display inner moulding in the "Norman" style, and there is a corbel table at the eaves. The west doorway and tower arch incorporate some 12th-century stonework. The nave and transept have plastered barrel ceilings, while the chancel features a boarded barrel ceiling.
Local climate
Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Creech) 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 greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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