Listed Building record MDO3776 - Methodist Chapel, New Town, East Orchard

Former methodist chapel with walls of ashlar and rubble, and with a slated roof, probably built in the late 18th century and extended to the south in 1824. A probably contemporary cottage is attached to north.

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

(ST 83491823) Meth Ch (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 15 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(2) METHODIST CHAPEL (83491823), with walls of ashlar and of rubble and with a slated roof, is probably of late 18th-century origin; it was enlarged on the S. in 1824. The gabled S. front has a segmental-headed doorway and, above, a round-headed window with a cast-iron lattice; two similar windows occur in each of the E. and W. walls; the N. end is masked by a cottage, perhaps contemporary with the original chapel. In the S. part of the E. wall are two tablets, one recording the date of enlargement, the other with 'Ebenezer. Sam. VII, 12'. Inside, the meeting room (33½ ft. by 17 ft.) has a plain gallery at the S. end.’

<3> English Heritage, National Heritage List for England, 1110454 (Digital archive). SDO12876.

Nonconformist chapel and chapel house, now private house. Probably C18 origin, enlarged in 1824 (RCHM). Rubble walls with half-hipped, slate roof. Brick stacks to cottage. Gable faces road. Chapel has round headed windows with simple Y-tracery and diamond lattice galzing bars. That facing the road has a C20 replacement without glazing bars. Round headed south door. The cottage end is of 2 storeys abd has irreular fenestration. 2 light casments with horizontal glazing bars. RCHM, Dorset, vol IV, p15, no 2.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206030 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 16 2022 4:32PM