MLI87338 - Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Lincoln

Building record MLI87338 - Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Lincoln

Summary

A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which was reused as a store and warehouse and is now apartments.

Type and Period (4)

WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1839 AD to 1876 AD)
WAREHOUSE (Late 20th Century - 1968 AD to 1990 AD?)
APARTMENT (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1990 AD? to 2050 AD)
METHODIST CHAPEL ? (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1876 AD to 1968 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Conservation Area: Cathedral and City Centre (Lincoln No.1)

Full Description

PRN 70414 A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel has been present on this plot of land since at least the mid 19th century; the Dewhirst and Nichols map of 1839 is the first to depict a building here. {1} A community of mainstream Wesleyans began life in Newport c.1840. They had built a chapel just inside Newport Arch at the north east end of Chapel Lane. This site is of interest because the original chapel is said to have belonged to a Baptist community. In 1879 this chapel was moved to its present site on Bailgate (PRN 70425). {2} Later maps, such as the Padley maps of 1842, 1851 and 1868, show a gradual reworking of the building and its environs, with numerous stages of remodelling, extension and demolition. {2}{3}{4} The present building (erected 1876), appears to be on a slightly different alignment to the earlier buildings, and represents the final stage of chapel development. Although a separate construction, the building may have incorporated fragments of the earlier building. The final chapel seems to have had a relatively short lifespan. Certainly by 1883, the building appears to have become redundant. {5} The building then has a number of different uses; as a store in the late 1920s, and as a warehouse in the 1960s. {6}{7} At some point in the late 1990s, it was converted into single occupancy apartments. {9}

Sources/Archives (9)

<1> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. Dewhurst and Nichols 1839:3, p36.
<2> SLI9142 Bibliographic Reference: Jones, Michael, J; Stocker, D.; and Vince, A.. 2003. The City by the Pool including LARA. LARA.
<3> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. Padley 1842:4, p47.
<4> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. Padley 1851:4, p61.
<5> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. Padley 1868:4, p75.
<6> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. Padley and Thropp 1883:4, p89.
<7> SLI9996 Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. O.S. 1920:4, p107.
<8> SLI3632 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS 1:2500 SERIES. SK9772SE.
<9> SLI9994 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2005. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels in the City of Lincoln. 70414.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 97627 72127 (8m by 15m)
Civil Parish	CASTLE, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Event - Survey: Site visit to former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane, Lincoln (ELI5917)

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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