Description

WINKLEIGH CASTLE STREET (east side),
SS 6308
Winkleigh
11/151 Methodist Chapel including
railings at front
GV II

Methodist Chapel, origianlly Bible Christian chapel and Sunday School. Dated 1883.
Rubble walls with yellow brick dressings. Gable-ended slate roof with decorative
ridge tiles and wrought iron finials.
Plan: chapel to right with Sunday school to its left in slightly projecting wing
and gallery above it. Gothic Style.
Exterior: single storey chapel to right, 2 storey projecting gable to left. Chapel
has 3 arched and traceried head windows with 2-centred doorway at left-hand end
which has double plank doors with ornate strap hinges. Wing to left has one 2-light
arched-head window on each floor. Right gable-end wall has 2 windows similar to the
front of the chapel and a quatrefoil between them. Plaque below reads "Bible
Christian Chapel 1883".
Interior: fittings are complete including gallery with folding doors at the front
so it could be used for other purposes. To include contemporary low iron railings
in front of chapel.

Listing NGR: SS6311608042

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617843

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