Former Chapel of the Royal Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1983. Chapel.

Former Chapel of the Royal Hospital

WRENN ID
distant-corbel-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
Weston-super-Mare MP: Dan Aldridge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1983
Type
Chapel
Address
Former Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Royal Court, Royal Sands, Weston Super Mare, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NJ
OS grid reference
ST 316 598
Coordinates
51.33381, -2.98253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Chapel of the Royal Hospital, built between 1871 and 1873 by Hans F Price, is a hospital chapel located at the south end of the Royal Hospital. It features a three-bay nave and an apsidal chancel, constructed from random rubble with a tiled roof that has banded colouring. The west end has a coped verge and an attached stepped bell-cote to the north. The building includes string courses and lancet windows with buttresses in between, as well as a moulded plinth.

Inside, the chapel retains a good complete and original interior. It is accessed through a lobby that features a blind, cusped screen. The apsed chancel has a painted half-dome supported by ribs and corbelled on the heads of apostles. There is an enriched plaster dado, and the lancet windows are in the Decorated style with cusped rear arches. The chapel also includes a carved projecting pulpit and a cusped and labelled recess to the north. The three-bay nave has a painted ceiling, and there is some stained glass, primarily in the chancel. Original panelling and pews are present, along with cast-iron light fittings and a communion rail.

Local climate

Former Chapel of the Royal Hospital receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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