The Old Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Chapel, house. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Chapel
- WRENN ID
- weathered-screen-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Chapel, house
- Address
- The Old Chapel, Corsley, BA12 7PG
- OS grid reference
- ST 811 457
- Coordinates
- 51.21021, -2.27062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Chapel is a Wesleyan chapel, dated 1849, and subsequently converted into a detached house. It was originally built in 1848 and altered in the mid-19th century. The front of the chapel is constructed from dressed limestone, with pebbledashed returns on the right side; the left return is of rubble stone. The roof is covered in concrete tiles, and there is a brick stack. The building is two storeys high with a two-window front. A central four-panelled door is flanked by a 16-pane semi-circular headed window with a keystone above each. The first floor has two semi-circular headed windows, and a central stone tablet bearing the incised lettering “WESLEYAN / CHAPEL / 1849”. Tall 24-pane semi-circular headed fixed windows are located in the right and left returns. A 19th-century schoolroom, featuring three four-pane sash windows, is attached to the rear. The interior has been converted for residential use, but retains a gallery above the entrance.
Local climate
The Old Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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