The Old Chapel (Premises Occupied by Yorkshire Hi-Fi) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1977. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Chapel (Premises Occupied by Yorkshire Hi-Fi)
- WRENN ID
- long-basalt-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1977
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- The Old Chapel (Premises Occupied by Yorkshire Hi-Fi), Coltsgate Hill, Ripon, HG4 2AB
- OS grid reference
- SE 311 715
- Coordinates
- 54.13885, -1.52497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Chapel, now a warehouse occupied by Yorkshire Hi-Fi, is a disused Wesleyan Chapel built in 1861. The building features a first-floor sill, a pediment, and a gable with an oculus and carved stone foliage in the tympanum. On the first floor, there are four round-arched sash windows with glazing bars, keystones, and moulded imposts. The ground floor has two segment-headed sash windows with keystones. There are also two doors with fielded panels, a semi-circular fanlight with moulded voussoirs, imposts, and keystones, all within a joint Tuscan surround that includes four three-quarter columns and an entablature. The side elevation consists of six bays with similar windows on each floor as those on the front, and the building is accented by rusticated quoins.
Historically, the Methodist Chapel on this site was visited by John Wesley in 1780. The current structure, which opened in October 1861, was built at a cost of £2,000 and reflects the classical architectural style favored by the Methodist church at that time.
Local climate
The Old Chapel (Premises Occupied by Yorkshire Hi-Fi) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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