Red House School Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1952. Chapel.

Red House School Chapel

WRENN ID
veiled-vestry-fen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 March 1952
Type
Chapel
Address
Red House School Chapel, Hall Lane, Moor Monkton
OS grid reference
SE 529 570
Coordinates
54.00706, -1.19316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Red House School Chapel is a chapel built in the early 17th century and consecrated in 1618 for the Slingsby family. It is constructed of brick in English garden wall bond, with ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. The chapel and ante-chapel are rectangular in plan, two storeys high, open to the roof, and consist of three bays.

On the south facade, there are quoins on the right side and a two-light double-chamfered mullion window to the left. The first floor features three cinquefoiled three-light windows set in square-headed frames, along with a stepped eaves course. The west gable end has a round-arched door frame with imposts and a keystone, which contains the original panelled door. Above the door, there is an inscription in brick that reads "Pro termino vitae sic non nobis". The east gable end showcases a large three-light Perpendicular window that may have been inserted from an earlier building.

Inside, the chapel retains much of its original carved furniture. Notable features include the pulpit, poppyhead bench ends, panelled pews, and a screen to the ante-chapel with splat balusters. There is also a gallery supported by consoles, and a closed string staircase leading to the gallery, which has bulbous balusters, elaborately carved newels, and carved finials that symbolize the family and friends of Sir Henry Slingsby. Additionally, there is a later 17th-century altar rail.

Local climate

Red House School Chapel receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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