| HER Number (PRN): | 14392 |
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| Name: | The Rock Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mannerley Lane, Dawley Bank |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Building of Local Interest (Telford and Wrekin Council) () 6809/1: The Rock Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mannerley Lane |
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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 |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ60NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6819 0945 |
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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 |
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