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HER Number:7774
Name:GARRISON LANE - Post Medieval nonconformist chapel

Summary

A disused Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built c1826, on site of earlier c1790 chapel.

Grid Reference:SV 9020 1053
Parish:St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
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Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 62495: FORMER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: JG
  • National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 335
  • National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1485368
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7774

Monument Type(s):

Full description

A disused Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built c1826, on site of earlier c1790 chapel. The east doorway of the chapel bears the remnant of Georgian craftsmen and inside, the gallery is supported on classical iron columns (b2). The blockings of the west windows retain traces of the painted tables of the decalogue and on a panel below are the remains of a black letter text. The chapel is now in a semi-delapidated state, but is a Grade II Listed Building (b3). Some of the furnishings from this chapel are now in St Mary's Methodist church (7773). Recorded on the 1908 OS map (b1). Listed and sketched in Stell (b4).
Building currently used by Council of the Isles of Scilly offices and Tourist Information Centre (Spring 2002).
"Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Garrison Lane (West side) GV II
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Early C19. Coursed granite rubble with ashlar to 2 facades; hipped asbestos roof. Two storeys; 2 x 2 bays. Semi-circular arches over 2 ground and 3 first-floor sashes with glazing bars, and boarded replacement doors with blank fanlight. Similar return elevation has four 6-pane casement windows. Rear elevation has 18 and 12-pane sashes set in 2 semi-circular arched "preaching windows". Interior: U-plan panelled first-floor galleries supported on cast-iron Tuscan columns. Angle staircases with swept handrails, turned newels and stick balusters." (Listed Building description, 2002)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

<2> Laws, P, 1980, The Buildings of Scilly, 22 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3829.

<3> DOE, Listed Building Description (original DOE), 34 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5173.

<4> Stell, C, 1991, An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England, p 56-7 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4485.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4050 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1900s. 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map.
[2]SCO3829 - Bibliographic reference: Laws, P. 1980. The Buildings of Scilly. 22.
[3]SCO5173 - Bibliographic reference: DOE. Listed Building Description (original DOE). Listing "Greenbacks". 34.
[4]SCO4485 - Bibliographic reference: Stell, C. 1991. An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England. p 56-7.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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