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Summary

Risegate Methodist Church, formerly the United Methodist Free chapel built in 1886, Risegate Road, Gosberton Risegate

Full description

PRN 25660
A United Methodist Church is indicated on the 1932 OS County Series map. The building survives and is still in use as Risegate Methodist Church in 2010. The present building replaced, on the same site, an earlier Wesleyan chapel of 1826 which was conveyed to the Free Methodists in 1855. The present extant chapel was built in 1886 and in 1901 it was extended to include a Sunday School. It is of red brick construction with a gabled roof with a slate covering. The broad front has seven bays separated by brick pilasters and has dentil brick cornices. The segmental-headed central doorway is sited in a narrow bay with a stone tablet above inscribed 'Methodist Free Church 1886'. The lateral bays have original round-headed windows with margin lights. The reverse elevation has the same arrangement but without a doorway and with one of the windows now blocked. The pedimental west gable has stepped corbels in the gable verges and a dentil brick cornice. It is divided into three bays by brick pilasters. Any other details are now obscured by a lean-to annexe. The east gable has dentil brick verges. {1}{2}{3}{4}

<1> Lincolnshire County Council, 2004-2009, GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels, 25660 (Digital Archive). SLI9638.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1907-1950, 25 Inch County Series Map - Third Edition, 126/13 (Map). SLI5667.

<3> Shepherdson, C. and Leveritt, N., 1997, A List and Brief Details of Chapels in the Spalding Circuit Past and Present, Gosberton Risegate WM/FM/UM (Bibliographic Reference). SLI12983.

<4> -, -, South Holland Methodist Circuit Archives, ref no 617 (Unpublished Document). SLI12984.

Monument Types

• WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Demolished, Post Medieval - 1826 AD to 1856 AD?)
• UNITED METHODIST FREE CHAPEL (Demolished, Post Medieval - 1856 AD? to 1886 AD?)
• UNITED METHODIST FREE CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Edwardian - 1886 AD to 1907 AD)
• SUNDAY SCHOOL (Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD to 1970 AD?)
• UNITED METHODIST CHAPEL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1907 AD to 2050 AD)

Associated Events

• Site visit to nonconformist chapel, Risegate Road, Gosberton Risegate

Sources and further reading

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