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| HER Number: | MDV34470 |
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| Name: | Bishops Nympton, Newtown Chapel |
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Summary
Wesleyan Methodist chapel dated 1849.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 764 251 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS72NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bishop's Nympton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BISHOPS NYMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NE/60
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHAPEL (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1905, 22NE (Cartographic). SDV81540.
'Methodist Chapel' shown on OS 6" (1905) map.
Ordnance Survey, 1974, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV321011.
'Chapel' shown on OS 6" (1974) map.
Department of Environment, 1988, Bishops Nympton (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV61773.
Wesleyan Methodist chapel. 1849 (datestone). Stone rubble, snecked on the south side, facing the road; slate roof, gabled at ends. Gothick.
Plan: A small rectangular chapel with the entrance at the west end, a C19 lean-to at the east end.
Exterior: 3 windows to the south side, 2 to the north, all 2-centred arched Gothick with intersecting glazing bars. The west end has a central 2-centred arched doorway with a recessed door flanked by 2-centred arched blind recesses painted with intersecting glazing bars. Datestone of 1849 with WESLEYAN CHAPEL above west door.
The C19 east end lean-to has a doorway on the south side. C19 cast iron railings on a stone plinth form an enclosure at the west end and return along the south side.
The railings at the west end have shaped brackets and are divided into bays by standards with spiky fleur de lis finials.
Interior: Not inspected but has a C20 ceiling.
A very unspoiled chapel externally. Other details: LBS 97587.
South Molton Methodist Circuit, 2005, Untitled Source (Planning Application). SDV320755.
Application for conversion to residential use. Other details: Plans.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV320755 | Planning Application: South Molton Methodist Circuit. 2005. |
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| SDV321011 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1974. 6". |
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| SDV61773 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1988. Bishops Nympton. Historic Houses Register. Website. |
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| SDV81540 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1905. 22NE. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 4:40PM |
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