Former Wesley Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Former Wesley Chapel
- WRENN ID
- lesser-chapel-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1972
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Wesley Chapel, St Georges Street, GL50 4AF
- OS grid reference
- SO 947 228
- Coordinates
- 51.9039, -2.07773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Wesley Chapel in Cheltenham was built in 1839 and underwent some alterations in the 1960s. It was one of 100 chapels constructed to celebrate the Centenary of Methodism. The front facade features ashlar stone over brick, with stucco on the right side and pinkish-red brick on the left. The building has a hipped slate roof and is two storeys high with a basement, arranged in a 1-3-1 bay configuration. The central bay projects forward and includes round-arched upper windows, while the end bays have blind round-arched openings. A first-floor band and a band below the cornice display an inscription. The entrance, added in the 1960s, has board doors and a flat canopy. The upper stage features three windows in the central bay, with 18/24 sash windows that have radial glazing at the tops. The left return has five upper-stage windows, and there is a first-floor plat band. The round-arched windows on the ground floor have 18/18 sashes, while those on the first floor have 18/24 sashes, all with radial glazing. Blocked basement openings have flat arches made of rubbed brick, and the right return has similar window features. Some windows include coloured glass.
Inside, the chapel is said to retain a gallery on three sides supported by iron columns. The ceiling is flat with a moulded cornice, and there is a barrel vault above the organ loft. The interior also features late 19th-century pews. Historically, the chapel cost between £4,500 and £4,850 to build and originally included a portico.
Local climate
Former Wesley Chapel 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.
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