23 Bristol Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. Chapel, house. 1 related planning application.

23 Bristol Street

WRENN ID
young-turret-ash
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1976
Type
Chapel, house
Address
23 Bristol Street, Malmesbury, SN16 0AZ
OS grid reference
ST 929 874
Coordinates
51.58547, -2.10276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

23 Bristol Street is a former chapel, now a house, dating from the 10th to early 11th century, with a remodel in the late 17th century. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with long and short quoins, featuring a stone slate roof and brick gable stacks. Originally a one-cell chapel, it has been adapted into a single-room plan house with a central entrance at the front. The structure has two storeys and an attic, with a one-window range. The right-hand side has a 20th-century porch and door with timber lintels, while the windows have irregular dressings, including a ground-floor window in the former doorway and a gabled eaves dormer. The right-hand gable features an S-inscribed kneeler.

Inside, there is a late 17th-century blocked fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and a winder stair leading to the attic, which has a two-bay 17th-century roof with butt purlins. Historically, Moffat mentions a house called St Helen's "on the spot where formerly stood St Helen's Chapel" in Bristol Street, making this building a remarkable survival.

Local climate

23 Bristol Street receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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