History

Oval stucco plaque at apex states the chapel was built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1868.

Exterior

A rural chapel in simple Classical style, built in irregularly coursed local sandstone laid in a mortar of white lime incorporating coarse grit. Axe-dressed finish with larger quoins. The front (to the north) and the right side are of exposed masonry, the other faces rendered. The roof has been relaid in concrete tiles, but retains the original deep verge and decorative eaves. The front elevation has a central door consisting of two three-panel leaves, round headed. Small round-headed window above door. Flanking round-headed windows of sash type. All the front windows have narrow margin and central panes. Tall round-headed windows in side elevations, with plain fixed glazing. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

The freestanding walls at the front of the chapel have copings moulded from copper-working slag.

Interior

Entered through a plain anteroom. Symmetrical stairs without doors lead to gallery. Both staircases have handrail on one side only, with newels but only one baluster to support the sweep of the handrail. Symmetrical doors to chapel, each door consisting of two two-panel leaves. Coloured glass window to interior. Chapel seating in four blocks, in panelled joinery with carved seat-ends. The seating each side of the pulpit faces inwards. Pulpit with panelled front, reached by twin stairs with newels and turned balusters; similar railings to pulpit sides. The gallery is against the wall opposite to the pulpit only, its front designed in broad panels with prominent mouldings. Clock at centre. One central support-column to the gallery, of cast iron, 120 mm diameter. The gallery seating is in four steeply pitched rows, in similar joinery to the main seating. Three painted decorative features to the ceiling, for former pendant lights and ventilators.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good mid-Victorian rural chapel, with much intact original detail.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29497867

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)