Former Chapel Dedicated to St Columbanus, Now Ruin, in the Grounds of Kings of Wessex School at Ngr St 4573 5315 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. A Medieval Chapel (ruin).
Former Chapel Dedicated to St Columbanus, Now Ruin, in the Grounds of Kings of Wessex School at Ngr St 4573 5315
- WRENN ID
- moated-clay-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Chapel (ruin)
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Former Chapel Dedicated to St Columbanus, Now Ruin, in the Grounds of Kings of Wessex School at Ngr St 4573 5315, Station Road, Cheddar
- OS grid reference
- ST 457 531
- Coordinates
- 51.2749, -2.77939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former chapel dedicated to St Columbanus, now a ruin, dates from the early 14th century and is located in the grounds of Kings of Wessex School. The structure is built of random rubble and has an oblong plan with diagonal corner buttresses, although the north-east buttress is missing. The north and south walls have been lowered to about one metre above the ground, while the end walls remain intact except for the upper portions of the gables, and the roof is completely missing.
On the western elevation, there is a door opening framed by a chamfered stone surround with a pointed arch head, above which is a blocked window featuring deep splays and a segmental pointed rere-arch on the inside. The east wall also has a blocked window, retaining a single trefoiled head of tracery, deep splays, and a cusped rere-arch. Additionally, there are remains of a pent-roofed single-storey outshut at the east end, which also has a missing roof, and a massive buttress is present at the centre of the east wall. The chapel is situated adjacent to the site of a former Saxon royal palace.
Local climate
Former Chapel Dedicated to St Columbanus, Now Ruin, in the Grounds of Kings of Wessex School at Ngr St 4573 5315 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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