The Old Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1954. Chapel.

The Old Unitarian Chapel

WRENN ID
solemn-panel-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1954
Type
Chapel
Address
The Old Unitarian Chapel, Flowergate, Whitby
OS grid reference
NZ 898 110
Coordinates
54.48674, -0.61444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Unitarian Chapel, built in 1812, stands on the site of an earlier chapel constructed in 1715. It is made of red brick and features two round-headed windows along with a smaller window above a round arched doorway. The entrance includes a six-fielded door with a glazed fanlight. Inside, the chapel boasts fine woodwork, a balcony, and a pulpit.

Local climate

The Old Unitarian Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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