The Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Chapel.
The Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sheer-cloister-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- The Chapel, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, SP8 5ER
- OS grid reference
- ST 765 228
- Coordinates
- 51.00446, -2.33583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel, originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel and now a private house, was built in 1851 by T. Tanner, a mason. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble and features a gable-ended slate roof. The front of the building has three bays, each with narrow two-centred windows. In the center, there is a two-centred doorway with shafted jambs, which has a flush panelled door.
Local climate
The Chapel receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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