Building record MLI83865 - Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Street, Beckingham
Summary
Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Street, Beckingham.
Type and Period (3)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1960 AD?)
- VILLAGE HALL (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1960 AD? to 2050 AD)
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1960 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
62620
A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is mentioned in White's Directory of 1856. It is indicated on the OS 1905 Second edition County Series map, and the 1956 1:10560, but appears to no longer survive. {1}{2}{3}
The site was visited in 2009. The chapel now standing on the site was built after 1900. The eroded date tablet is only partially decipherable but is inscribed 'Wesleyan Chapel 19--'. It is now in use as the Village Hall. This chapel appears to be the successor to the earlier chapel built in 1835 which had a Sunday School. The extant chapel is built of red brick with ashlar dressings and has a gabled roof with a slate covering. The gabled front elevation has 3 stepped, tall, narrow windows with segmental heads. The gable verges are emphasised with stepped red brick courses. A flat-roofed porch below has a parapet with raised angles and stone copings, ashlar dressings and the eroded ashlar date stone. The porch includes a flat-headed side doorway and 3 small rectangular windows with ashlar heads. A gabled annexe, attached at right-angles to the west, has a large round-headed west window. It probably represents a former schoolroom. A later gabled annexe constructed parallel to the chapel is linked to the chapel by a porch with a doorway.The side elevations have 3 bays of paired, segmental-headed, windows with red brick and ashlar dressings.{4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. page 374.
- <2> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 95/3.
- <3> SLI3659 Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. SK 85 SE.
- <4> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 62620.
- <5> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. page 86.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 8770 5387 (14m by 13m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BECKINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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