Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House, former chapel. 1 related planning application.

Chapel House

WRENN ID
pitched-attic-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
House, former chapel
Address
Chapel House, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1LS
OS grid reference
SK 195 633
Coordinates
53.16655, -1.70908
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Chapel House, formerly known as the Congregational Chapel, is a house that dates back to 1826. It is constructed from ashlar gritstone and features coped gables and parapets, a single brick ridge stack, and a roof covered with Welsh slate, while the former chapel house has stone slates. The building is two to three storeys high and includes 2-light Gothic 'Y' tracery windows in the chapel and 2-light mullioned windows in the basement, all adorned with hood moulds and stops, along with Gothic glazing. A string course marks the parapet. The gable facing the street has an advanced doorway with flanking lancets, all featuring hood moulds and stops. A datestone on the front gable is inscribed with '1826'. The interior has been removed. At the rear, there is a lower single bay house with sash frames and Gothic lights set in flush stone surrounds on the upper floor of the rear gable. The chapel was built and funded by Thomas Bateman, Senior, of Middleton Hall.

Local climate

Chapel House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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
Create free account

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.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Dale Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings Grade II 38 m
  2. Bateman's Tomb in the Grounds of Chapel House Grade II 66 m
  3. Water Supply Fountain Grade II 75 m
  4. Range of Four Cottages N of the Bateman Arms Grade II 97 m
  5. Smithy to the Rear of the Square Grade II 103 m
  6. Flaxdale House Grade II 112 m
  7. The Square House Grade II 112 m
  8. K6 Telephone Kiosk Grade II 121 m
  9. Kings Croft Grade II 125 m
  10. Tor Farmhouse Grade II 151 m