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HER Number:7773
Name:ST MARYS - Post Medieval nonconformist chapel

Summary

St Mary's Methodist Church, Church Street, built in 1899 by Scillonian architect Alfred Joseph Trenear.

Grid Reference:SV 9054 1056
Parish:St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
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Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 62492: ST MARY'S METHODIST CHURCH

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: JG
  • National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 337
  • National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1485370
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7773

Monument Type(s):

Full description

St Mary's Methodist Church, Church Street, built in 1899 was designed by Scillonian architect Alfred Joseph Trenear. The building replaced an earlier c1830 Bible Christian chapel 50yd to the west. A plain granite structure which inside has some of the furnishings taken out of the old Georgian chapel in Garrison Lane 7774. Squared coursed granite ashlar rubble with strap pointing (4) with slate roof. Single-vessel rectangular plan. Early Pointed style. West front has two 2-light outer lancets flanking central tripartite lancets with wooden Y-tracery set above door (replaced 1980s). Gable apex with inscription and roundel with trefoil cast-iron ventilator. Four-bay returns with similar lancets. Interior: four-bay hall with horseshoe plan and first-floor galleries on cast-iron columns with angle stairs and panelled gallery fronts. Pulpit with two staircases. Cambered ceiling with ventilation roundels. West window of c1900. An unaltered chapel of the period (b1, b2). Listed in Stell (b3).


<1> Laws, P, 1980, The Buildings of Scilly, 22 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3829.

<2> DOE, Listed Building Description (original DOE), 33 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5173.

<3> Stell, C, 1991, An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England, p 57 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4485.

<4> 1998-2003, CSUS Hugh Town, p37 (Cornwall Archive). SCO23829.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3829 - Bibliographic reference: Laws, P. 1980. The Buildings of Scilly. 22.
[2]SCO5173 - Bibliographic reference: DOE. Listed Building Description (original DOE). Listing "Greenbacks". 33.
[3]SCO4485 - Bibliographic reference: Stell, C. 1991. An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England. p 57.
[4]SCO23829 - Cornwall Archive: 1998-2003. CSUS Hugh Town. Documents. Yes. p37.

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