NHER 25395 (Building record) - Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

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Summary

The earliest non-conformist chapel by Sir Edwin Lutyens, this building was constructed in 1898. Apparently Lord Battersea, who lived at The Pleasaunce (NHER 6477) had it built to keep his gardener happy. Rectangular in plan, the chapel has an east entrance doorway with six orders of semicircular brick arches. The side walls have no windows, the light coming from a high-set clerestory.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1170798: METHODIST CHAPEL

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Map sheet	TG24SW
Civil Parish	OVERSTRAND, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 1972. Listed, Grade II.
1898, by E. Lutyens. Brick and tile, rendered. Hipped pantile roof.
Rectangular plan. Doorway to east with six orders of semicircular brick arches. Radiating bands of tiles in the arch continue as vertical bands across the east face and one forms the keystone.
Moulded brick shafts to upper corners. Hipped roof with clerestory including Diocletian window to east. No windows in side walls; brick piers support lead-covered beams.
Information from (S1).
Press cuttings (S2), (S3) and (S4) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 8 August 1989.

See (S5) for further details.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 29 October 2012.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 632-633; Pl 107.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1170798.
<S2> SNF3710 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990. [Article on Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Overstrand]. 29 January.
<S3> SNF64304 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. [Illustration of Wesleyan Methodist Chapel]. 26 January.
<S4> SNF64305 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. Magical music to save church services. 24 December.
<S5> SNF70115 Monograph: Stell, C. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 262.

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2017 1:24PM