Building record MLI97244 - Former Countess of Huntingdon, and later Independent Congregational, chapel, 30-32 Jermyn Street, Sleaford
Summary
Former Countess of Huntingdon, and later Independent Congregational, chapel in Jermyn Street, formerly known as Hen Lane, Sleaford
Type and Period (5)
- COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDONS CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1776 AD to 1800 AD?)
- CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1867 AD)
- BAKEHOUSE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1867 AD? to 1950 AD?)
- SCHOOLROOM (Post Medieval - 1837 AD to 1867 AD)
- HOUSE (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1950 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 65623
This Meeting House was built in 1776 (in what was then known as Hen Lane) being the next nonconformist place of worship in the town after the closure of a nonconformist chapel in Southgate in 1732 (PRN 65669). It was originally approached by a plank over a stream. It was supplied by ministers connected with Lady Huntingdon's Connexion and later joined the Independent Body. In 1800 a new trust was formed and in 1819 the Chapel was raised, a gallery added and a schoolroom was erected in 1837. It was then known as "Zion Independent or Congregational Dissenters Chapel". It continued in use until 1867 when it was superseded by the Congregational chapel built on Southgate (PRN 65326). It was then converted to a bakehouse and is now divided into three dwellings. It is built of red brick with a hipped pantile roof. The broad front probably originally had three bays and traces of a former central doorway are discernible. However the chapel was altered and reorganised in the nineteenth century when it was raised and has since undergone further alteration. The schoolroom, which was added in 1837, may have been added to the east and buttresses remain visible internally. The current fenestration consists of two segmental-headed glazing bar sashes at the upper level of the front elevation. The upper level of the rear elevation has two plus one flat-headed windows. The upper floor of the west end of the building is approached by external steps and there are traces of a former doorway at the lower level. Some of the internal roof structure, steps to the upper floor and wooden floors at the upper level of the east end survive.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI9638 Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 65623.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. page 436.
- <3> SLI7745 Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. page 60.
- <4> SLI920 Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. page 168.
- <5> SLI12354 Bibliographic Reference: Fawcett, T.. 1902. A History of the Free Churches of Sleaford from 1662 to 1902. pages 8-10.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 06692 45609 (11m by 11m) |
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| Civil Parish | SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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