Former Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Chapel. 3 related planning applications.

Former Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
ghost-bastion-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1978
Type
Chapel
Address
Former Methodist Chapel, the Plains, Totnes, TQ9 5DW
OS grid reference
SX 805 602
Coordinates
50.42999, -3.68293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former Methodist chapel, dating to circa 1861. It became redundant in 1901 with the opening of a new Methodist Church and was later used as a cider store and warehouse. The chapel has four bays, with a splayed two-bay west end. It has a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate. The walls are of coursed, squared Devonian limestone rubble with freestone and brick dressings, including buttresses. There are lancet windows, and an arched doorway featuring C13 columns and mouldings, with a boarded door and ornamental ironwork. A later loft door and hoist were added at the west end.

Local climate

Former Methodist Chapel receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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  • Sale history — 24 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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