Building record MLI97106 - The Old Chapel, High Street, North Scarle

Summary

Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, High Street, North Scarle. Now in use as a house.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1790 AD to 1901 AD?)
  • (21st Century - 2002 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD? to 2002 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1790 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

There is a Wesleyan chapel on the High Street, which is a 'humble brick box' of c.1790 with two entrances on the long side, looking more like a pair of cottages (except that the fenestration would be wrong). Inside, the gallery still survives. {1}{2} A Wesleyan Society was established in the village by 1759. This chapel was opened in 1800 (when it was registered as a newly erected building the property of William Storr) and was superseded by a chapel built in 1901 on a site further along High Street (PRN 61060). It was used for 'minor secular purposes' for much of the 20th century but is now in use as a house. It had a plaster ceiling with tie beams and a gallery supported by chamfered posts with traces of former seating, which survived at least until the 1970s, though it is unknown if they still survive following conversion to a house. The gabled building is of red brick with a pantile roof covering. The broad front has two round-arched doorways with radiating fanlights either side of a segmental-headed sash window. Two small gallery windows lie above the entrances. The gable elevations have been refenestrated. The railings survive. {3}{4}{5}{6} A late eighteenth century Methodist Chapel, now disused, built of brick with a pantile roof. Internally only the gallery survives. There are iron railings to the street front with two iron gates. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. page 347.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). page 587.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. page 83.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. page 219.
  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 65617.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Ambler, R.W.. 2000. Churches, Chapels and Parish Communities of Lincolnshire, 1660-1900. page 130.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1/27.

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Grid reference Centred SK 84877 66792 (11m by 13m) Surveyed
Civil Parish NORTH SCARLE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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