Norman Cottage Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Chapel. 5 related planning applications.
Norman Cottage Chapel
- WRENN ID
- noble-lead-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Norman Cottage Chapel, Blockley, GL56 9QN
- OS grid reference
- SP 201 357
- Coordinates
- 52.01944, -1.70812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norman Cottage Chapel is a 12th-century village church that was altered during the medieval period and later converted into two cottages, which are now combined into one.
The exterior is divided into two parts, constructed of rubble with tiled roofs and coped verges to the east, above the former chancel arch. The left part is a single storey with an attic, featuring a gabled dormer that has a two-light mullion window with a drip, and a three-light similar window on the ground floor. The gabled return to the west is a later infilling. The right part is two storeys tall, made of coursed rubble, with two 19th-century windows that have segmental heads and a lean-to over the porch.
Inside, the space has been altered for use as cottages. The chancel, located in the right part, contains a large inserted fireplace with a wooden lintel, which has an upper lintel supported by former eaves corbels. The original layout is still recognizable, featuring a two-bay chancel and a shortened two-bay nave. The pointed chancel arch rests on slightly earlier-looking 12th-century imposts, and there is one scallop capital from a nook shaft that has been removed from its original position where stairs once were. The nave has two cruck trusses with later purlins and wind-braces, while the chancel features a possibly 15th-century arch-braced truss.
Several original features remain, including a small round-headed 12th-century window with a monolithic head.
Local climate
Norman Cottage Chapel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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