Loughwood Chapel

Loughwood Chapel is a Baptist chapel that likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with exterior alterations made in the 19th century. It is one of the earliest surviving Baptist meeting houses, with a meeting house recorded here as early as 1653, the year the first church book began. The chapel is constructed of stone rubble with some brick dressings and features a thatched roof with both hipped and gabled ends, which was formerly covered with slate. The front and end walls are supported by large raking buttresses. The central doorway has a red brick semi-circular arch and double doors. The windows are leaded panes set within semi-circular brick arches. Inside, there is a mid-18th century panelled gallery at the west end, a vaulted plaster ceiling, late 18th to early 19th century panelled box pews, and a panelled polygonal pulpit that is probably from the early 19th century.