The Old Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Former chapel.
The Old Chapel
- WRENN ID
- seventh-lime-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1987
- Type
- Former chapel
- Address
- The Old Chapel, Aldsworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 155 100
- Coordinates
- 51.78925, -1.77548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Chapel is a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in 1907, as indicated by the datestone above the front door. It is constructed from coursed squared and dressed limestone, featuring dressed stone quoins and a stone slate roof. The building has a compact, irregular plan and includes a square turret at the front right, standing at 1½ storeys, while the turret rises to 2 storeys.
The facade has a gable that projects forward to the left, which is illuminated by two 3-light stone-mullioned casements with transoms and stopped hoods. A round-headed window with a moulded surround and stopped hood is situated in the gable. The turret is set back to the right and features a plank door with a stopped hood above, which is elevated over the datestone. Above the door, there is a double-chamfered single-light casement with a stopped hood, and similar windows can be found in the right-hand wall. To the right, there is a two-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement with a stopped hood. The turret has a pyramidal roof that flares out at the base, topped with a finial at the apex, and there are two circular 'pepper-pot' vents on the roof axes. The gable-end coping is roll-moulded, and there are moulded kneelers on the forward-facing gable front. The interior has not been inspected. Overall, it presents a picturesque composition in a vernacular style.
Local climate
The Old Chapel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 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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