Building record MLI82919 - Billinghay Methodist Church, Victoria Street, Billinghay
Summary
A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built in 1869 on the site of an older chapel which was destroyed in 1864.
Type and Period (2)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1869 AD to 2050 AD)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Demolished, Post Medieval - 1867 AD to 1869 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 62362
A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was constructed on Victoria Street in 1832. {1}{2}
The current building was built as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in 1869 and opened on 18th January 1870. It is built of yellow brick and has a circular date panel in the front gable. The older chapel was destroyed by fire in 1864. {3}
The site was visited in 2009. The chapel is still in use as a Methodist place of worship. The first Wesleyan chapel in Billinghay was built in 1817 and was replaced by a new chapel in King Street in 1832 (PRN 65653) which was replaced in turn by a chapel in Victoria Street in 1867. That chapel was demolished and the present Victoria Street chapel was built in 1870. The raised gable forms a parapet with a broad verge set on small brackets with a lunette in the gable. The three-bay front has round-arched windows with Venetian Tracery set in three round-arched, stepped recesses. The recesses have moulded ashlar imposts which form a continuous band across the front. The central doorway, below the central window, is a modern replacement. The side elevations have five bays of round-arched plastic windows separated by pilasters. The organ and original screens survive internally.{4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 88/14.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. page 352.
- <3> SLI11160 Report: North Kesteven District Council. 2006. Billinghay Conservation Area. Appendix 1, no. 5.
- <4> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 62362.
- <5> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. page 55.
- <6> SLI12339 Website: Lincolnshire County Council. 2009. Lincolnshire Archives - Methodist Records. http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/. Billinghay, Victoria Street Chapel.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 15487 54946 (20m by 41m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BILLINGHAY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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