Building record MLI82825 - Martin Village Hall, High Street, Martin
Summary
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at High Street, Martin. Now in use as the village hall.
Type and Period (4)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1860 AD to 1936 AD)
- VILLAGE HALL (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1936 AD to 2050 AD)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL ? (Post Medieval - 1836 AD? to 1860 AD?)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL ? (Post Medieval - 1809 AD? to 1836 AD?)
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Full Description
This is one of three chapels located in Martin. This one was a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1860, and it is now used as the village hall. It has a three-bayed gabled front of yellow brick with round-arched bays enclosing two tiers of windows. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}
The site was visited in 2009. This chapel closed in 1936 when the congregation joined that of the Primitive Methodists in the chapel across the road (see PRN 62285). There are records of three Wesleyan chapels in Martin; the first chapel may have been built in 1809 and was replaced by a new chapel in 1832 which was subsequently replaced by this chapel in 1860. It is unclear if the earlier chapels were on the same site. The extant building has classical pilasters with continuous moulded stone imposts and a raised gable with stone finial and a broad verge resting on brackets with a vesica tablet '1860' and a lunette in the gable. The lower tier of openings of the front has been refenestrated. The side elevations have round-arched windows with radiating lights and coloured glass. The eaves have a dentil corbel table. There is a lower gabled cell to the rear and gabled annexes are attached to east and west. A former Sunday school room survives on the opposite side of the road, (see PRN 65886). It has a gault brick front gabled elevation with classical terminal pilasters and nailhead in the gable verge. It is rendered and pebble-dashed and refenestrated. The eaves cornices have small brackets. {7}{8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 88/1.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.358.
- <3> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. p.57.
- <4> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.559.
- <5> SLI9202 Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. p.218 (185).
- <6> SLI9204 Photograph: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004. Photograph of Wesleyan methodist chapel, High Street, Martin. Digital. Wesleyan chapel 62284.JPG.
- <7> SLI12339 Website: Lincolnshire County Council. 2009. Lincolnshire Archives - Methodist Records. http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/. Martin Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
- <8> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 62284.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 12318 59924 (17m by 16m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARTIN, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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