Listed Building record MDO13827 - Methodist chapel, Church Street, Fontmell Magna

Methodist chapel with ashlar and rubble walls and tiled roof, built 1831 in enlargement of a building of 1797. A schoolroom was added on the east in 1874. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

CHAPEL, Methodist (86651707), with ashlar and rubble walls and with a tiled roof, was built in 1831 in enlargement of a building of 1797. The N. front has a round-headed doorway flanked by round-headed sashed windows; similar windows occur in the S. wall. A stone tablet over the doorway, partly obscured by a late 19th-century porch, records the dates given above. Inside, there is evidence of a former W. gallery, now removed. A schoolroom on the E. was added in 1874, and probably at this time the chapel roof was rebuilt and some internal fittings were renewed. <2>

Church of St Andrew. Grade II*. <3-4>

Documented. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1962 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 86651707) Ch (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 23 (Monograph). SDO99.

Chapel, Methodist (86651707), with ashlar and rubble walls and with a tiled roof, was built in 1831 in enlargement of a building of 1797. The N. front has a round-headed doorway flanked by round-headed sashed windows; similar windows occur in the S. wall. A stone tablet over the doorway, partly obscured by a late 19th-century porch, records the dates given above. Inside there is evidence of a former W. gallery, now removed. A schoolroom on the E. was added in 1874, and probably at this time the chapel roof was rebuilt and some internal fittings were renewed.

Fittings - Clock: by Mansfield, Shaftesbury, c. 1831. Coffin stools: two, with turned legs and moulded rails, 17th century. Collecting shovels: two, c. 1831. Pulpit: now in schoolroom, of two stages, c. 1831. Seating: now in schoolroom, two benches with open backs and shaped ends, perhaps c. 1794; on rostrum, chair with pointed back with septfoil panel, early 19th century.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 20 (Scheduling record). SDO16361.

Jan 1985

<4> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 208 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<5> Stell, C, 1991, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England, 116 (Monograph). SDO11597.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205990 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 8:06PM