Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' Cottages is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1989. Chapel.
Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' Cottages
- WRENN ID
- second-moat-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1989
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' Cottages, Dorchester Road, Burleston and Tolpuddle
- OS grid reference
- SY 795 944
- Coordinates
- 50.74892, -2.2917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Methodist Chapel, now a store, was built in 1818 according to local Methodist Society records and has been altered over time. The structure is made of cob on a brick plinth with some flint, featuring brick dressings and a double Roman tile roof. It is a single-storey building with an inserted loft and has a gable end facing the road, consisting of one by two bays.
The roadside gable originally had a central doorway that has been bricked up and replaced with a later window. There is an inserted doorway above with a board door, and the apex of the gable is weatherboarded, with projecting ends of the purlins visible. At the rear, there is a bricked-up short pointed-arched window, and the gable apex is also weatherboarded.
On the left side, there is a bricked-up doorway with a segmental header-brick arch at the left end. The right side features an inserted central stable door, with a bricked-up segmental header-brick-arched window to the left.
Inside, the building has an inserted brick and cobble cow-house floor and loft. The roof structure includes king-post trusses with through purlins, supported by long braces rising from the walls and having short ties to the feet of the principal rafters. The roof is underdrawn with lath and plaster, though much of it has collapsed.
At the time of inspection, the chapel was in a state of disrepair. It is noteworthy that five of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs were Methodists, and it is presumed they worshipped in this building.
Local climate
Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' Cottages receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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