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HER Number:138769
Name:ST COLUMB MINOR - Post Medieval nonconformist chapel

Summary

A Weslyan Methodist chapel in 1850 and by 1907 it is replaced by Bible Christian chapel. It has been converted for domestic use.

Grid Reference:SW 8385 6225
Parish:Newquay, Restormel, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 71144: WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL WITH ATTACHED COACH HOUSES

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: JG
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 138769

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Wesleyan Methodist chapel with attached stable and trap house, now converted to 2 houses and externally virtually intact. Dressed local stone and rubble, the trap house and stable retaining their original rag slate roofs. Classical design with 2-storey recessed central panel defining an unusual pediment with central date panel. The tall chapel front is set back between the two squat 2-storey service wings. Round-arched openings with original (mostly sash) windows and doors. Windows have concentric glazing bars to their fanlight heads. Doorway has petalled fanlight over pair of panelled doors. A most attractive arrangement. Listed in Stell (b1). Recorded on the 1st Edition 1:2500 1880 OS map as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and by 1907 it is recorded on the 2nd Edition 1:2500 OS map as a Bible Christian chapel, the Methodists had built a new chapel 138770 in Church Street, St Columb Minor.


Stell, C, 1991, An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England, p 38 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4485.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO4485 - Bibliographic reference: Stell, C. 1991. An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in south-west England. p 38.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded