Description

ORMSKIRK

SD40NW CHAPEL STREET
663-1/4/140 (West side)
11/08/72 No.98
Chapel House

GV II

House. Late C17, altered in C18 and C19. Roughcast render on
brick, slate roof. Transitional double-depth plan (roof
carried down over rear), plus added bow at rear. Three storeys
and 3 widely-spaced windows; an asymmetrical facade with a
round-headed doorway between the 1st and 2nd bays, a small
segmental-headed window to the right (sashed without glazing
bars), large segmental-headed 16-pane unhorned sashed windows
at ground and 1st floors, and square 9-pane sashes at 2nd
floor; all these openings with raised sills and white-painted
ornamental surrounds. Ridge chimney between the 2nd and 3rd
bays, and gable chimneys. INTERIOR: fine dog-legged C17
staircase with closed string, square newels and turned
balusters with moulded handrail. HISTORY: occupied by
Nathaniel Heywood (d.1677), vicar of Ormskirk, who was ejected
in 1662 for refusing to conform to the Act of Uniformity, and
set up a dissenters' meeting house here.

Listing NGR: SD4158807814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491537

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)