Description

CAMELFORD MARKET PLACE, Camelford
SX 1083 -1183
8/75 Camelford Methodist Church
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GV II

Methodist chapel. 1837 interior remodelled in 1980s. Stone rubble with granite
dressings. Slate roof with hipped ends and gable end to front, to right of centre.
Plan: deep rectangular plan. Original chapel possibly comprised main range near
centre which is set slightly forward and has a gable end to the road. Probably
extended to right with small room over alleyway and to left to accommodate Sunday
School.
Exterior : Front elevation with gable end of possible earlier range to right of
centre; stone rubble ramp with iron railings up to entrance in gable end with C20
plank double doors in partly blocked 2-centred arched opening and wrought-iron grates
to basement windows on right and left. 2 tall 2-light lancet windows above with
intersecting glazing bars and niche in gable end. To left, blocked door and two 2-
light rectangular openings with tall rectangular window and 2-light lancet window
above. To right, segmental rusticated granite arch to alley with 2-light window
above.
Interior remodelled in 1980s.
The chapel when opened in 1837 was described by the West Briton as 'a neat building
and an ornament to the town'.
Shaw, Thomas Methodism in the Camelford and Wadebridge Circuit 1743-1963, 1963.
Stell, C RCHM unpublished inventory of non-conformist.

Listing NGR: SX1061183763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431470

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