Methodist Chapel Including Railings at Front is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Chapel.

Methodist Chapel Including Railings at Front

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Chapel
Address
Methodist Chapel Including Railings at Front, Castle Street, Winkleigh
OS grid reference
SS 631 080
Coordinates
50.85564, -3.94614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Methodist Chapel, originally a Bible Christian chapel and Sunday School, was built in 1883. It features rubble walls with yellow brick dressings and has a gable-ended slate roof adorned with decorative ridge tiles and wrought iron finials. The chapel is designed in the Gothic style and consists of a single-storey chapel on the right and a slightly projecting two-storey wing on the left that houses the Sunday School, with a gallery above it.

The exterior of the chapel includes three arched and traceried windows, along with a two-centred doorway at the left end, which has double plank doors with ornate strap hinges. The left wing has one two-light arched-head window on each floor. The right gable-end wall mirrors the front of the chapel with two similar windows and features a quatrefoil between them. A plaque below the windows reads "Bible Christian Chapel 1883."

Inside, the chapel retains its complete fittings, including a gallery with folding doors at the front, allowing for flexible use of the space. The chapel is also accompanied by contemporary low iron railings at the front.

Local climate

Methodist Chapel Including Railings at Front sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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