Description

KEMERTON CP UPPER KEMERTON
SO 9437 - 9537
9/90 Kemerton Methodist Chapel
GV II

Chapel. Circa 1819 for William Mumford. Coursed dressed limestone rubble with
ashlar dressings and hipped plain tiled roof with a brick stack on the north side.
Rectangular two-bay plan. Windows have square heads and are mullioned with
round-headed lights. There is a 2-light window at the west end above a blocked
opening with a stone lintel. In the south elevation are two 3-light windows
and between them is a diamond-shaped datestone inscribed "WM/1819". There is
a brick schoolroom adjoining the east elevation. It has a dentilled eaves
cornice and in the south elevation are two 24-pane sashes with wedge lintels
and a 6-panelled door with a flat canopy on shaped brackets and a 12-pane transom
above. Interior: panelled dado survives. The Mumford family were the largest
landowners in Kemerton after the rector and the lord of the manor and were leaders
of the local Methodist community. [VCH, Vol 8, p 219 (Glos)].

Listing NGR: SO9476837597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633218

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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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  For the Record
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)