Building record MLI86275 - Kirton Methodist Church in Association with the Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul
Summary
Former Kirton Wesleyan Methodist chapel with associated school rooms, now in association with the Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul
Type and Period (2)
- METHODIST CHAPEL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- SCHOOLROOM (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 13748
Methodist chapel in a course lancet style, red brick but with a rock faced stone front. It was built as late as 1902. {1}
The chapel was visited in 2008. The present chapel, built in 1902 by John Wills, replaces an earlier chapel which was built by 1845 on the opposite side of London Road. It has been in joint use with the Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul since the Anglican/Methodist partnership was established in Kirton in 1970. The rusticated stone front has a raised gable with stone copings and finial, 2 intermediate stepped buttresses and 2 terminal clasping buttresses with nook shafts, stone octagonal pinnacles and finials. The windows of the front elevation have stone hoodmoulds and stops. The central window, above the gabled porch, has 3 stepped arches. The tall central arch has 2 lights and geometric tracery. The other elevations are of red brick with stone keystones in the arches of the pointed windows and stone cappings to the buttresses.The leaded windows have green glass. School rooms are attached to the rear.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). Page 421.
- <2> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 13748.
- <3> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 117/12.
- <4> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. Page 39.
- <5> SLI12176 Bibliographic Reference: Trinder, John. 1990. Kirton in Holland Lincolnshire the changing face of a fenland village. Page 7.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 3038 3835 (35m by 23m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KIRTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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