Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1952. A Georgian Chapel.
Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- vast-gargoyle-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1952
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Methodist Chapel, 26, Paul Street, Shepton Mallet
- OS grid reference
- ST 619 435
- Coordinates
- 51.18946, -2.54513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a Wesleyan Chapel, now known as the Methodist Chapel, dated 1810. It is constructed from ashlar Doulting Limestone and features a pantile roof. The chapel is two storeys high with five bays arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern. It has semi-circular headed windows set in reveals with impost bands, featuring fixed light Gothicised glazing. The central entrance consists of a semi-circular headed doorway with double panelled doors and a fanlight above. A portico with a flat entablature is supported by plain pilasters on the wall and two Tuscan columns at the front. The central three bays have a false attic with three oblong recessed panels, topped by a triangular pediment. The bays on either side are adorned with ramped parapets. This building is a notable example of a Georgian Non-Conformist Chapel.
Local climate
Methodist 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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