St Mary's Chapel and Attached Cottage (Sometimes Known As the Hermitage) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1952. Chapel, cottage.

St Mary's Chapel and Attached Cottage (Sometimes Known As the Hermitage)

WRENN ID
muffled-vault-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1952
Type
Chapel, cottage
Address
St Mary's Chapel and Attached Cottage (Sometimes Known As the Hermitage), Tory, Bradford-On-Avon
OS grid reference
ST 822 608
Coordinates
51.34689, -2.25637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's Chapel and the attached Cottage, sometimes referred to as the Hermitage, is a late medieval building with 19th-century restorations, beautifully situated overlooking the town. This small T-shaped structure is constructed from coursed rubble and features stone-tiled roofs, with ashlar quoins and window dressings. The east wall contains an original Perpendicular window that is square-headed and has three lights. A small bellcote, adorned with tracery instead of bells, is located on the roof. The chapel underwent restoration in 1877, although one original canopied niche remains on the east wall inside. St Mary's Chapel and its gates are part of a group with No 12 Wine Street Terrace, and all listed buildings in Tory form a group with Budbury House and Budbury Place.

Local climate

St Mary's Chapel and Attached Cottage (Sometimes Known As the Hermitage) 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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