Seend Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1981. Chapel.
Seend Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- spare-lancet-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1981
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Seend Methodist Chapel, High Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 940 609
- Coordinates
- 51.34725, -2.0867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Seend Methodist Chapel is a Methodist chapel built between 1774 and 1775. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate hipped roof. The building has flush quoins and a central entrance with double doors set in a flush moulded surround, topped by a pediment supported by brackets. Above the doors is a 2-light window with pointed heads, and the spandrel bears the inscription 'Wesleyan 1774'. The door lintel has an inscription stating 'This chapel was opened by the Rev. John Wesley A.M. on March 4th 1775', with the inscription added in 1929. The chapel also has similar pointed head windows, with two 3-light windows on each side and two 2-light windows at the rear. Inside, there is a panelled fronted gallery supported by two columns.
Local climate
Seend Methodist Chapel receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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