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HER Number (PRN):14392
Name:The Rock Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mannerley Lane, Dawley Bank
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:Building of Local Interest (Telford and Wrekin Council) () 6809/1: The Rock Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mannerley Lane

Monument Type(s):

Summary

A Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1877 on the site of a Sunday School built in 1861.

Parish:Lawley and Overdale, Telford and Wrekin
Map Sheet:SJ60NE
Grid Reference:SJ 6819 0945

Related records: None recorded

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Built in 1877 of blue and yellow brick (on the site of a Sunday School built in 1861) of blue and yellow brick. <1>

Inscription reads "Let the inhabitants of the Rock sing". <2>

"By 1835 The Rock had regular Primitive Methodist preaching. A small plain chapel (on the left in this picture) built of brick was erected in 1861. This was replaced by a larger polychrome brick chapel (on the right) built in 1877. The old chapel then became a Sunday school. The chapel was still in use in 2002." © Janice Cox, 2017. <3>

Dated 1877. Small chapel in polychrome banded brickwork with pedimental gable end and round headed windows. <4>

Photographs taken 1st August 2016. <5>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN 14392.
[01]SSA28579 - Gazetteer: Anon. 1977?. Chapels : Schdules for Telford Area, Clun Area (1 only) and Market Drayton Areas. No. 61.
[02]SSA21954 - TEXT: Wesleyan Historical Society. 1970s. Wesleyan Historical Society Schedule of Buildings of Historical and/or Architectural Significance. No. 61.
[03]SSA24186 - Webpage: Cox Janice. 2013 onwards. Shropshire's Nonconformist Chapels. http://www.vchshropshire.org/chapels/. http://www.vchshropshire.org/chapels/rockmeth.htm.
[04]SSA22089 - TEXT: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1983. [Local List] Historic Buildings - Survey Report - Buildings of Local Interest - District of the Wrekin. p 57.
[05]SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 15/09/2016.
Date Last Edited:Nov 13 2024 9:27AM