Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. Office. 2 related planning applications.
Chapel House
- WRENN ID
- last-basalt-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1972
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Chapel House, St Georges Square, GL50 3HQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 946 226
- Coordinates
- 51.90238, -2.07863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chapel House, formerly known as Cheltenham Chapel, is a building located on St George's Square in Cheltenham. It was constructed in 1809 and is now used as offices. The building was designed by the architect Edward Smith of Cheltenham. The front facade is made of ashlar, with some areas painted and stuccoed, and features pinkish-brown brick on the return sides. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.
The exterior consists of a single tall storey with three bays, and four-bay returns. It has quoins, a 'dado', and an upper stage band. The central entrance features tall double doors set in a stepped, round-arched surround with Doric pilasters and a keystone. There are additional outer entrances with six flush-panel doors, a cornice, and a blind overlight, all within full-height, round-arched recesses. Above these, there are multi-paned, round-arched windows with imposts and keystones. The building has wide eaves supported by brackets. The returns have four similar tall arched recesses with 15/15 sash windows on the ground floor, set on a continuous sill band, and multi-paned round-arched windows on the upper stage.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, St George's Square was laid out in 1806 on what was previously Rack Close field, and Chapel House occupies an important position next to the Bowling Green and High Street.
Local climate
Chapel House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Number 27 and Attached Railings
- 5 and 6, St Georges Square
- 3 and 4, St Georges Square
- Number 31 and Attached Railings
- 33, ST GEORGES PLACE (See details for further address information)
- Numbers 15 and 17 and Attached Area Railings
- Numbers 35 and 37 and Attached Area Railings to Number 37
- 1 and 2, St Georges Square
- 11, St Georges Place
- Numbers 16 and 18 and Attached Area Railings