St Marys Chapel of Rest is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Chapel.

St Marys Chapel of Rest

WRENN ID
fallow-chimney-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1960
Type
Chapel
Address
St Marys Chapel of Rest, Tidworth
OS grid reference
SU 239 479
Coordinates
51.23026, -1.65815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's Chapel of Rest is a cemetery chapel located in Tidworth, primarily built in the early 19th century. It is said to be on the site of an older church and is surrounded by a graveyard that contains tombstones dating from the late 18th century. The chapel is constructed from flint and tile and consists of a single cell with a western porch and a stone bell-turret. The roof is plain, and the flint walls feature stone dressings, bands on the west gable, and short flat buttresses at the west ends. The east wall includes a 14th-century traceried three-light window from the old church, flanked by small lancet windows. The plain porch has a pointed arch with a keystone. Inside, the chapel has dado panelling throughout, which is more ornate in the raised sanctuary that includes a communion rail made of turned balusters. Monuments of various dates are located on each side wall, including those from 1647, 1730, 1775, 1806, and 1855. Additionally, there is an 18th-century font made of veined marble, featuring a moulded oval basin on a baluster with an elongated-octagonal plan.

Local climate

St Marys Chapel of Rest receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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