Former Congregational Church Schoolrooms, and Boundary Railings 2 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Former schoolrooms, printing works.
Former Congregational Church Schoolrooms, and Boundary Railings 2 Metres South of Church
- WRENN ID
- grim-landing-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Former schoolrooms, printing works
- Address
- Former Congregational Church Schoolrooms, and Boundary Railings 2 Metres South of Church, BA9 9AP
- OS grid reference
- ST 711 286
- Coordinates
- 51.05617, -2.41268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Congregational Church Schoolrooms, now a printing works, was built in 1859. It is constructed of local stone that has been cut and squared, with ashlar dressings, and features a plain clay tiled roof behind a front coped gable. The building is single storey and consists of two bays. It has a high plinth and a plain coped gable with pinnacles on kneeler stones. The tall 20-pane cast iron casements have semi-circular radial glazed heads and are set in plain keystoned surrounds. There are plain double doors in matching surrounds, and in the gable, there is a ring plaque with a crossbar and the inscription "Congregational Chapel Schools, 1859." The east flank has a plain return with a central doorway. Extending about 2 metres from the front and returning along the south boundary are cast iron double-hoop railings, approximately 1 metre tall, with barbed arrow topped intermediate rails, set on a high random stone podium. There is a central gateway, and at the southeast corner, plain ashlar gate piers form a gateway to the chapel proper to the north. This building is part of an interesting Non-conformist Church 'campus', which includes three examples in the town, of which only this one is listed.
Local climate
Former Congregational Church Schoolrooms, and Boundary Railings 2 Metres South of Church 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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