Category Archives: Featured Chapel

Simon Lawton, Curator of the John Moore Museum in Tewkesbury, recently wrote to us to highlight the charms of the newly repaired Old Baptist Chapel in Tewkesbury. He says: “The building has recently undergone a period of repair, refurbishment and reinterpretation and … Continue reading →

We’re cheating a little this month in that this building isn’t a chapel but the connection to John Bunyan seemed like a good reason to include this unusual Grade II listed heritage asset… John Bunyan’s Chimney John Bunyan’s Chimney can be … Continue reading →

This month we bring you an overview of Blythburgh Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, Suffolk by Alan Mackley. This delightful building is sadly ‘at risk’ and the Chapels Society is deeply concerned about its future. The first chapel on the … Continue reading →

This month we have a contribution from Ray and Marie Ella who were keen to share some information about their cherished home – a very small Primitive Methodist Chapel built in 1859 in Cumberworth near Alford, Lincolnshire. Ray, a retired historian, … Continue reading →

As you may have noticed, the Chapels Society’s website ran into technical trouble earlier this month. The gremlins have now been ousted and we are back in business, but as we are getting close to the end of the month … Continue reading →

This month’s Chapel of the Month comes courtesy of an Easter weekend visit to the wonderful Black Country Museum where a relocated chapel can be found gracing the main street… The Methodist Chapel was built as Providence Church in 1837 at Darby Hand … Continue reading →

Once again we are deeply grateful to Dr Jenny Freeman for submitting a suggestion for Chapel of the Month: Fairhaven URC The Church stands like a beacon on the Fylde coast amid prosperous streets of substantial Edwardian houses, whose arrival heralded … Continue reading →

At the start of a new year we’d like to put out an invitation to readers to suggest their Chapel of the Month. Is there a building that you particularly like or a chapel you know with a great story to … Continue reading →

Petre Chapel, Brentwood, Essex ~ Grade II* For December we have something a little different… An appeal to help save the Petre Chapel Angels from the Historic Chapels Trust. The chapel was built as the mortuary chapel of the Petre … Continue reading →