Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with Retaining Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. Chapel, retaining wall.
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with Retaining Wall
- WRENN ID
- distant-jade-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1986
- Type
- Chapel, retaining wall
- Address
- Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with Retaining Wall, Main Street, Bilton-In-Ainsty with Bickerton
- OS grid reference
- SE 451 505
- Coordinates
- 53.94942, -1.31337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in 1826, is constructed of coursed squared limestone with a slate roof. It has a single storey and features a gabled street elevation with a central six-panelled door set beneath a flat stone arch. Above the entrance, there is a 20th-century small-pane window in the original opening, which has splayed voussoirs and a flat arch with a projecting sill. Below the sill, a raised plaque is inscribed with "Wesleyan / Methodist Chapel / 1826". The chapel has shaped kneelers and gable copings, while the south gable wall is blind. Each side elevation contains two 16-pane sash windows with flat arches and sills similar to the front. The front retaining wall is made of coursed limestone with triangular coping and stands approximately 1.2 meters high, sloping down to a gateway. A memorial to Reverend F Wilson, a missionary to Tonga, was relocated to the west wall of St Helen's Church when the chapel closed.
Local climate
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with Retaining Wall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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