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Summary

Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, St Marks Road, Holbeach St Marks, now part of a house known as "Chapel House".

Full description

PRN 25649
The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which was built in 1898, is indicated on the 1931 OS County Series map. It has since been converted into part of a house. It may represent a rebuilding of the chapel on Holbeach Marsh built in 1827, and rebuilt on a new site in 1841, which is recorded in documentary sources. This chapel was 5 miles from the parish church and was attended by the inhabitants 'through the the great distance of the church'. The chapel is still marked as such on the 1974 OS 1:10000 map. The extant building is built of red brick with stone dressings, with a gabled roof, which has a slate covering and ornamental terracotta ridge copings. The gable elevation has clasping terminal brick pilasters and three stepped lancet windows with stone arches. The gable verge has a broad band of brick, ornamented with a zig-zag ornament, as are the terminal pilasters. The gable is recessed, and contains a small trefoil opening in stone with borders inscribed 'Wesley Church 1898'. The side elevations have four bays of pointed windows, separated by brick pilasters, and terracotta zig-zag ornament in the eaves cornices. The building has a brick plinth and several foundation stones. An adjacent, gabled, brick building is indicated on the County map within the same boundary as the chapel.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel on the site marked on the 1888 OS County Series map. {6}

<1> Lincolnshire County Council, 2004-2009, GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels, 25649 (Digital Archive). SLI9638.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1907-1950, 25 Inch County Series Map - Third Edition, 127/11 (Map). SLI5667.

<3> R.W. Ambler, 1979, Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851, page 35 and xxxviii (Bibliographic Reference). SLI7745.

<4> William White, 1856, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition, page 832 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI886.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1970, 1:10000 Ordnance Survey Series Map, TF33SE (Map). SLI3614.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1883-1888, 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition, 127SE (Map). SLI9454.

Monument Types

• WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1841 AD to 1898 AD)
• WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1898 AD to 1980 AD?)
• HOUSE (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1980 AD? to 2050 AD)

Associated Events

• Site visit to former nonconformist chapel, St Mark's Road, Holbeach St Marks

Sources and further reading

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