Building record MLI89419 - Former Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chapel Close, South Rauceby
Summary
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chapel Close, South Rauceby, now a house named The Old Chapel
Type and Period (2)
- PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1834 AD to 1984 AD?)
- HOUSE (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1984 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 64248
The site of a former Primitive Methodist Chapel as depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series Map of 1905.{1}
In the village is a small Primitive Methodist Chapel.{2}
The Methodists were strong in the village. In 1821, two certificates were registered, one for a house belonging to the farmer William Patman in South Rauceby, and the other for a house probably in North Rauceby. In 1834 a chapel was built in South Rauceby, and the 1835 certificate refers to "a Meeting House at South Rauceby now in the holding and occupation of Robert Medley and Samuel Barber". Undoubtedly this is the chapel which is situated in Chapel Yard behind the house now called Chapel Cottage. This group of Primitive Methodists was led by Mr Joseph Middleton, a minister from Fulbeck who signed the certificate.{3}
A house in South Rauceby, occupied by William Brice, was registered for Methodist services in 1803, and in 1821 a certificate was registered to a house belonging to the farmer William Patman and in 1824 for the home of Joseph Brown carpenter. The former chapel built in 1834 still survives and is now in use as a house named "The Old Chapel". The site was visited in 2009. It is built of coursed rubble, has a gabled roof with pantile covering and is attached to the cottage next door. The broad front has three bays but it had an additional bay to the left at one time where a blocked former segmental-headed doorway with red brick arch can be seen. The gabled porch has broad ornamental wooden verge boards, a finial and a flat-headed doorway. It is flanked by two round-headed windows with replaced coloured margin lights and red brick arches. A velux window has been inserted. The gable elevation has a central segmental-headed doorway between 2 segmental-headed windows and a round-arched window in the gable above. The gable itself has broad, plain, wooden verge boards.{4}{5}{6}{7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF04NW.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. page 452.
- <3> SLI11135 Bibliographic Reference: 1970. Stability and Change: Some Aspects of North and South Rauceby in the Nineteenth Century. page 70.
- <4> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 64248.
- <5> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 106/5.
- <6> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. page 64.
- <7> SLI11135 Bibliographic Reference: 1970. Stability and Change: Some Aspects of North and South Rauceby in the Nineteenth Century. pages 69 and 70.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 02336 45609 (12m by 8m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTH RAUCEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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