Building record MLI86273 - Kirton Holme Christ Church
Summary
Former Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Kirton Holme now in use as an Anglican Church.
Type and Period (2)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1820 AD to 2002 AD?)
- ANGLICAN CHURCH (21st Century - 2002 AD? to 2050 AD?)
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Full Description
Built in 1820 with a new chapel erected alongside in 1903, now in Anglican use. Walls of dark brick and hipped pantile roof. All windows altered in 1903 and end entrance covered by porch linking the two buildings, gallery next to entrance. {1}
The chapel was visited in 2008. The building of 1820 has dog tooth brickwork in the eaves cornice and was refenestrated with gothic windows when the larger chapel was added alongside in 1903. The building of 1903 is constructed of red brick and has a raised gable with stone copings and finial. The corner buttresses are stepped with stone copings and gabled gothic pinnacles. The pointed Gothic windows have cusped tracery, stone dressings and hoodmoulds. The side elevations are of 3 bays of pointed windows. The street frontage has a projecting bay and a moulded stone string course. The slate roof has decorative ridge tiles. There are annexes lying behind the main buildings. Both buildings are now in Anglican use.{1}{2}{3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI9202 Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. Page 213.
- <2> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 117/2.
- <3> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 13742.
- <4> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. Page 40 No. 203.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 2625 4195 (17m by 28m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KIRTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2022 8:35AM
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