Chapel to the east of the main building, Chard School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. Chapel, school.

Chapel to the east of the main building, Chard School

WRENN ID
forgotten-niche-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1950
Type
Chapel, school
Address
Chapel to the east of the main building, Chard School, TA20 1QA
OS grid reference
ST 324 086
Coordinates
50.87369, -2.96097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former schoolroom, possibly originally constructed as a chapel, located to the east of the main building at Chard School. It likely dates from the late 16th century and was extended and converted into a school chapel around 1957, with further alterations and repairs, including restoration in 1961.

Constructed from random limestone rubble, the building features a gabled thatched roof with dressed stone coping at the east gable. It has a rectangular, one-room plan and is a single-storey structure with four bays.

The rebuilt south front includes a doorway with a much-weathered chamfered surround, a plank door, and label moulds above, along with three mid-20th century five-light stone mullioned windows with leaded lights that match earlier windows. To the left of the entrance is a mid-20th century lozenge-shaped window with a raised, chamfered surround, which contains a memorial window dedicated to D B M Hume, a former headmaster. The rear elevation features a similar five-light mullioned window, also a mid-20th century addition, with doorways at either end and a modern flat-roofed extension to the right. The east gable end has stone quoins and a heavily-restored three-light Perpendicular window with a hoodmould above.

Inside, the building consists of a single room with a raised stage at the west end and a barrel-vaulted ceiling.

Local climate

Chapel to the east of the main building, Chard School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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