Baptist Hostel is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. A Mid 19th century Hostel, former chapel. 1 related planning application.
Baptist Hostel
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pilaster-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Hostel, former chapel
- Address
- Baptist Hostel, Buckland Monachorum, PL20 7LZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 489 683
- Coordinates
- 50.49566, -4.13116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Hostel, originally a Baptist Chapel, was built in 1850. It features rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof. The building has a single room plan that originally included a gallery at the west end, which has since been removed, likely when it was converted to a hostel in the later 20th century. It is a single-storey structure with symmetrical elevations, each side showcasing four lancet windows separated by gabled buttresses. The east gable end, which faces the road, has a three-light lancet window. The windows are fitted with cast iron 'diamond' glazing bars. There is a 20th-century addition at the rear, and the interior has had its original fittings removed.
Local climate
Baptist Hostel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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