Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. A Georgian Chapel.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sacred-merlon-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Baptist Chapel, Middle Stoke, Limpley Stoke
- OS grid reference
- ST 780 607
- Coordinates
- 51.34533, -2.31628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, built in 1815 as indicated by the datestone on the gable, is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a double Roman tiled roof with coped verges. The building is single storey with its gable end facing the road. It has a central round-arched doorway with double planked doors that have ornamental strap hinges, flanked by tall 20-pane windows, and the datestone is positioned above the entrance.
On the left side, there is a planked door and a 16-pane sash window on the ground floor, along with a round-arched window on the first floor. The right side features a 16-pane sash window and two round-arched windows, with a 6-panelled door located to the right. At the rear of the chapel is a former minister's cottage that includes sash windows. Inside, the chapel has a 4-bay roof supported by tie-beam trusses with curved bracing extending from the tie-beams to the principals, and there is a reading desk at the east end.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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