Building record MLI91708 - Crowland Methodist Church, Reform Street, Crowland
Summary
Crowland Methodist Church, Reform Street, Crowland
Type and Period (3)
- METHODIST CHAPEL (First World War to 21st Century - 1914 AD to 2050 AD)
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (Post Medieval to First World War - 1831 AD to 1914 AD)
- WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to First World War - 1831 AD to 1914 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 24089
Methodist church, built in red and yellow brick with stone decoration and a slate roof. The front of the building is built in red brick on a stone plinth, it has decorative stone doorway with flanking stone buttresses. The doorway has a segmental headway with a tympanum. The window above is a triple light lance window with gothic window arches which are dressed with stone. The central window has rising stone pilasters culminating in a decorative plinth and arch, topped with a finial. The side are rear of the building is in yellow brick with buttresses topped in stone. The windows are leaded gothic arches with stone cills and red brick stone arch with stone dressings above. {1}
It is a good example of this style of building of this period and survives with only a few changes to its original construction. {2}
The chapel was visited in 2010 and is still in use as Crowland Methodist Church. It was built in 1914 to replace an earlier Wesleyan chapel built in 1831-32. A surviving photograph of the earlier chapel shows that it had a pedimental gabled front, flat-headed windows and a round-headed doorway. It had a Sunday School alongside in similar style.{3}{4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI11943 Verbal Communication: Louise Jennings. 2008. Notes about buildings in Crowland. -.
- <2> SLI11949 Unpublished Document: South Holland District Council. South Holland Local Listing Document. 2/20A.
- <3> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 24089.
- <4> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 148/13.
- <5> SLI12985 Website: Northamptonshire Records Office. Peterborough Methodist Circuit Records. 100a and 100b.
- <6> SLI12990 Unpublished Document: -. -. Spalding Library Archives. Crowland - photograph.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 23978 10132 (23m by 23m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CROWLAND, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jan 6 2023 2:06PM
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