The Chapel House

The Chapel House is a non-conformist chapel and attached cottage, currently being converted into a single dwelling. It was built in 1759, with early 19th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with English bond at the rear, and features a Welsh slate roof with graduated front slates.

The structure is two storeys high and has a three-bay façade on the left for the former chapel, which includes a six-panel door beneath a segmental brick arch with a keystone, and a small casement window above. To the left of the door are two large, round-headed windows with projecting stone sills, fitted with 20th-century casements and brick arches with keystones. To the right of the door is a casement window under a segmental arch with a keystone, along with a blocked doorway that has been converted into a window with a similar arch. Above this is a 20th-century three-light casement window.

The early 19th-century cottage on the right is set slightly back and features chequered brickwork with pale headers, two 20th-century casements with glazing bars on the ground floor, and a single window above. The range of buildings has boxed eaves and brick end stacks. The rear of the building has been much altered, but retains the remains of two segmental arches in the rear wall of the chapel.

Inside, the chapel has been altered, with a floor inserted that covers two original King-post trusses, one of which has had its tie-beam cut through. The chapel was built by followers of John Johnson, a Baptist minister in Liverpool from 1741 to 1747. In the late 19th century, it became a preaching station for Higher Lane Chapel in Lymm and has been used as a house and workshop since 1924. The building is listed primarily for its historical significance in the development of non-conformist worship in the area.