Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1974. Chapel.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- silent-plaster-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1974
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Baptist Chapel, Commercial Road, Shepton Mallet
- OS grid reference
- ST 617 435
- Coordinates
- 51.18987, -2.54805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, originally an Independent Chapel, was built in 1801 and rebuilt in 1810. It is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and has a slate roof. The building has a "T"-shaped plan and is two stories high with four bays. It features 16-light sash windows set in cambered-head architraves, with relieving arches above. There are corner pilasters and a shaped gable with coping, which has a base for a finial. In the center of the gable, there is an oval plaque with raised letters stating "Independent Chapel 1801." The chapel has six window returns with similar window designs, and there is one semi-circular arched door opening on each side, each with four-panelled doors. The interior includes a complete mid-19th century galleried layout.
Local climate
Baptist Chapel receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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