Chapel to Somerset Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1966. A Georgian Chapel. 3 related planning applications.
Chapel to Somerset Hospital
- WRENN ID
- vast-panel-cedar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1966
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Chapel to Somerset Hospital, Bath Road, Froxfield, SN8 3LA
- OS grid reference
- SU 300 680
- Coordinates
- 51.41086, -1.57001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel to Somerset Hospital, built in 1813, was commissioned by James Brudenell Bruce, the Earl of Ailsbury, in memory of Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset. This Gothic-style chapel is constructed from ashlar limestone and features a concealed lead roof. It has three bays and is located in the center of the hospital's courtyard. The south side has two 2-light windows with shallow cinquefoil heads, along with thin buttresses and a crocketed wall canopy frieze that includes a dedicatory inscription. The east and west sides each have three-light windows. Inside, the chapel features paired panelled wall pilasters that support a painted timber vault with silvered ribs. The east end has a later 19th-century raised and tiled area with a communion rail, while white painted panelled stalls face the central aisle, and there is an octagonal pulpit.
Local climate
Chapel to Somerset Hospital receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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