Description

SS 72 NE BISHOP'S NYMPTON NEWTOWN

2/55 Newtown Methodist Chapel including
- iron railings

II

Wesleyan Methodist chapel. 1849 (datestone). Stone rubble, snecked on the south
side, facing the road; slate roof, gabled at ends. Gothick.
Plan: A small rectangular chapel with the entrance at the west end, a C19 lean-to at
the east end.
Exterior: 3 windows to the south side, 2 to the north, all 2-centred arched Gothick
with intersecting glazing bars. The west end has a central 2-centred arched doorway
with a recessed door flanked by 2-centred arched blind recesses painted with
intersecting glazing bars. Datestone of 1849 with WESLEYAN CHAPEL above west door.
The C19 east end lean-to has a doorway on the south side. C19 cast iron railings on
a stone plinth form an enclosure at the west end and return along the south side.
The railings at the west end have shaped brackets and are divided into bays by
standards with spiky fleur de lis finials.
Interior: Not inspected but has a C20 ceiling.
A very unspoiled chapel externally.

Listing NGR: SS7645325190

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401043

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)