Building record MLI87394 - Scopwick Methodist Chapel, formerly Wesleyan, Main Street
Summary
Scopwick Methodist Chapel, formerly Wesleyan, Main Street
Type and Period (2)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Edwardian - 1839 AD to 1905 AD)
- METHODIST CHAPEL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1905 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
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A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in Scopwick in 1839. The building currently on the site is used as a chapel, but it is not clear how much of the original building survives. {1}{2}{3}{4}
The site was visited in 2009. The building currently on the site was built in 1905 to replace the earlier building which was demolished. It it built of red brick with yellow gault brick and stone dressings and a gabled roof. The front elevation has a raised gable with stone copings and kneelers and raised central bay surmounted by a metal roof finial and decorative terracotta ridge tiles. The three stepped lancet windows have green and blue leaded glass and dressings of yellow gault brick and are flanked by stepped buttresses with stone cappings, with a small rectangular opening in the gable. The side elevations have five bays of pointed windows, divided by stepped brick buttresses, and dogtooth brickwork in the eaves cornices. The two stringcourses at window impost and sill level are of yellow gault brick of one course and two courses respectively. The contemporaneous schoolroom is attached and is in similar style. A gabled porch at the junction of the two buildings has a pointed doorway with double doors.{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.357.
- <2> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 87/7.
- <3> SLI3659 Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 05 NE.
- <4> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. 292.
- <5> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 63419.
- <6> SLI12339 Website: Lincolnshire County Council. 2009. Lincolnshire Archives - Methodist Records. http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/. Scopwick Chapel.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 07422 58085 (15m by 15m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOPWICK, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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