Victorian Hall (Gospel Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1977. Chapel.

Victorian Hall (Gospel Hall)

WRENN ID
sleeping-bonework-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1977
Type
Chapel
Address
Victorian Hall (Gospel Hall), High Sand Lane, Cockermouth
OS grid reference
NY 120 307
Coordinates
54.66424, -3.36488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Victorian Hall, also known as the Gospel Hall, was built in 1797 as a Methodist Chapel, with preaching focused on the New Testament and the sermons of John Wesley. It is a small, plain rectangular building made of stone rubble, featuring quoin detailing and a slate roof. There are two plain windows on the west and south sides, which do not have glazing, and two round-arched windows on the north gable end. A later brick chimney is located on the south-west corner. The east wall is not visible from the street, and the entrance is accessed through a roadside cottage.

Local climate

Victorian Hall (Gospel Hall) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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