Badcox Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Badcox Chapel
- WRENN ID
- bitter-barrel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Badcox Chapel, Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DA
- OS grid reference
- ST 773 480
- Coordinates
- 51.23105, -2.3251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Badcox Chapel, built in 1813, is an ashlar building originally serving as a Baptist church and schoolroom. The front features a Greek Doric portico with a Doric frieze and pediment, situated on lias steps and contained within a tall parapet, with paired columns. A central eared doorcase gives access to panelled doors. Flanking bays have cornices and tall parapet details; the right-hand bay contains an end pilaster and eared doorways with a blind panel above. A two-storey, three-bay projecting rubble extension is located to the left, featuring a pediment gable and moulded verge. It has architraves and cornices to its windows, with a pediment over the central first-floor window. The main room, constructed of rubble, rises behind.
The interior is galleried on three sides, supported by cast-iron columns, and features panelled divisions and rising seats. Remnants of an organ remain. Five arched windows with Art Nouveau patterns in the glazing are present. A coved cornice runs along the ceiling.
Local climate
Badcox Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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