Congregational Chapel is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Chapel. 6 related planning applications.
Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- carved-chalk-claret
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Congregational Chapel, Monks Lane, Corsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 876 685
- Coordinates
- 51.4158, -2.17893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Chapel, dating from 1662, is constructed of rubble stone with a stone-tiled roof and moulded coping to the gables, featuring flush quoins. The south front has an eyebrow dormer above a five-light stone lunette inscribed with the biblical quotation 'Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of thy God Ec 5. 1.' in raised letters. Centrally, a double door is set within a flush, moulded surround. Flanking the doors are two recessed, ovolo-moulded windows, each with two lights, and a continuous hoodmould above. A stone sundial sits above the door. The north side has three similar windows, each with two lights, beneath a single hoodmould; the centre window has one light blocked, and a slightly off-centre two-light window sits under the eaves. The east end wall includes an upper two-light window with a hoodmould. The interior is outstanding and complete, featuring closely spaced panelled pews, galleries on three sides, and a high, panelled pulpit. The roof is plastered and bears a painted inscription of Psalm 92, verse 1, above the lunette.
Local climate
Congregational Chapel receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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