Building record MLI99008 - Walkergate Chapel, Louth

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Walkergate Chapel, Walkergate, Louth. Now disused.

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Walkergate Chapel was built in 1836 by the Wesleyan Association Methodists - also known as the Warrenites - to seat 300. The chapel was enlarged in 1845, but was sold to the Baptists in 1848. The building is of red brick and has a gabled roof. It has pointed segemental window arches, with red brick cornices and window surrounds. At some point after the chapel closed, the building was converted into a garage, with heavy alterations made to the frontage and interior, most notably the installation of a large garage door. As of 2013 the building seems to be disused and is in poor condition. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6} The White's 1872 Trade Directory entry for Louth makes no mention of a chapel on Walkergate, suggesting the building may have already changed use by this date. {7} The chapel was surveyed as part of a programme of building recording undertaken in 2014. A datestone on the west gable elevation reads 'J W M …(1)878'. All internal fixtures and fittings have been removed as part of its conversion into a garage, which included the pouring of a concrete floor with an inspection pit at the southern end of the building, and the creation of offices and a raised gallery at the northern end. {8}{9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2013. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels in East Lindsey. Louth.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. No.991, p.183.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 2000. Churches, Chapels and Parish Communities of Lincolnshire, 1660-1900. p.162.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.250.
  •  Website: Lincolnshire County Council. 2011->2020. Lincs to the Past. http://www.lincstothepast.com/. Meth/C/Louth, Walkergate.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Shepherdson, C.. 2010. A List and Brief Details of Chapels in the Louth Circuit, Past and Present. p.3.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1872. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Third Edition). p.399.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln). 2014. 32 Queen Street, Louth - Photographic Building Survey. PCA Site Code: QSLB 14.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln). 2014. 32 Queen Street, Louth. LCNCC: 2014.49.

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Grid reference Centred TF 33018 87324 (27m by 17m) Surveyed
Civil Parish LOUTH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jan 12 2024 3:43PM

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