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Summary

Early 19th century chapel in Gothic style, used by the Plymouth Bretheren in the later 19th century, now a Gospel Hall.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1269113: GOSPEL HALL

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1486266
• Old Listed Building Ref: 461081

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL (Early, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.

'Chapel (Plymouth Brethren Seats for 250)' shown.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

Ebenezer chapel, now Gospel Hall. Probably circa 1800. Painted render with a slate roof. Rectangular plan. Gothick style. Exterior: two storeys; three-window range. Ogee arches to 8/8-pane sash windows with interlacing tracery. The facade is articulated by pilasters with pyramidal caps above the parapet, those to the centre rise to flank another parapet with a recessed horizontal panel trefoiled at the sides. A first-floor sill band and cornice bands span the building. An ogee-arched central entrance has a rectangular flat-roofed projecting porch, flanked by chamfered pilasters with pyramidal caps above a plain cornice band and cyma moulding to a Tudor-arched entrance. High above the first-floor windows to a gallery are deep quatrefoil recesses. Flanking the facade are single-storey gabled blocks with quatrefoils to the apexes. The right return has three windows similar to those at the front but with 5/10-pane sashes. Twentieth century additions to the right. Interior: remodelled 20th century. Historical note: built by a congregation that had George Muller as pastor in the 1830s. Pevsner describes it as "A charming stuccoed front with ogee-headed windows and blank quatrefoils typical of unscholarly medievalizing designs of the late 18th-early 19th century."

Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV338879	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1855-1895. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. Map (Digital).
SDV348725	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #108567 ]
SDV348729	National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2012. National Heritage List for England. Website.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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