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Summary

Roxholm Methodist chapel was opened in 1871. It is now in use as a private residence.

Full description

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel is shown in this lcoation on the 2nd edition 25" Ordnance Survey County Series map. It was depicted together with its surrounding bruial ground (see PRN 67083). {1}

The site was visited in 2009. The chapel closed in 2005 and is now disused though the burial ground appears to be still in use. The chapel was built by John Montague Cole of Roxholme Hall in 1871 and became part of Sleaford Wesleyan Circuit in 1875. The surviving building has two cells; the main body of the chapel to the north and a lower, narrower cell to the south with a separate door which was probably a Sunday School. The chapel is built of red brick with ashlar dressings and has a slated, gabled roof. The main chapel has a broad front of three bays with a central gabled porch, with a pointed door, flanked by pointed windows all with ashlar arches, and alternating ashlar blocks and brick in the jambs, with the same scheme forming quoins at the angles of the building. The bays are defined by stepped brick buttresses with stone cappings. The chapel has a broad decorative wooden eaves band and finials. A pulpit and semi-circular benches survive inside. Original pointed sash windows survive in the smaller cell but the window frames have been replaced by plastic in the main chapel. A small structure with the same decorative eaves band as the chapel lies between the chapel and the burial ground. {2}{3}

A building survey was conducted in 2010, prior to the conversion of the former Methodist Chapel to residential accommodation. The chapel was built by Mr Montague Cole for the workers of his estate at Roxholm. The building was designed by a Mr Whitaker of Dorrington. The chapel was opened on Friday 16th June 1871, and was celebrated by a public tea, which was attended by 180 people. The chapel had 5 rows of pews on either side of a central walkway. There was evidence of two separate fireplaces, one in the main chapel, and one in the schoolroom. The outbuilding is built in a similar style, of red brick with a slate roof, and has two double timber doors on the western elevation and a window on the northern elevation. {4}

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1902-06, 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition, TF 05 SE (Map). SLI3566.

<2> Lincolnshire County Council, 2004-2009, GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels, 64111 (Digital Archive). SLI9638.

<3> Lincolnshire County Council, 2009, Lincolnshire Archives - Methodist Records, Roxholme Chapel (Website). SLI12339.

<4> Sarah Williamson, 2010, Roxholm Methodist Chapel, - (Report). SLI14664.

Monument Types

• SUNDAY SCHOOL (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1871 AD to 2005 AD)
• WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1871 AD to 2005 AD)
• HOUSE (21st Century - 2010 AD to 2050 AD)

Associated Events

• Site Visit to Nonconformist Chapel and Burial Ground, Roxholm
• Roxholm Methodist Chapel

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