Fairford United Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Fairford United Church

WRENN ID
salt-spire-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Church
Address
Fairford United Church, Milton Street, GL7 4BN
OS grid reference
SP 149 009
Coordinates
51.70701, -1.78525
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fairford United Church, formerly known as the Congregational Chapel, is a former Baptist Chapel built in 1853. It is set back from the street and constructed from thin coursed stone on a plinth, featuring dressed pilaster strips, a cornice, and a parapet wall adorned with antefixae and a central raised date stone. The building has a hipped slate roof and is a rectangular shape, with an attached room to the right, both being single storey.

The façade includes three round-headed long glazing bar sash windows with radial heads, all set in flush stone surrounds. The central window is smaller and is positioned above double doors, each featuring one moulded recessed panel and a radial fanlight, also in a flush stone surround. The room to the right has two long round-arched windows flanking a single plank door, which also has a radial fanlight, all within flush stone surrounds. The lower parapet of the building has a plat band instead of a cornice.

Inside, the chapel retains its galleries. Access to the church is via a path that crosses a burial ground, which contains an interesting group of tombs that are clearly visible from Milton Street.

Local climate

Fairford United Church 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 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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