Newtown Methodist Chapel Including Iron Railings is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Chapel.

Newtown Methodist Chapel Including Iron Railings

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1988
Type
Chapel
Address
Newtown Methodist Chapel Including Iron Railings, Bishop's Nympton
OS grid reference
SS 764 251
Coordinates
51.01278, -3.76257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Newtown Methodist Chapel is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1849, as indicated by the datestone. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with snecked stone on the south side facing the road, and features a slate roof that is gabled at both ends. The architectural style is Gothick.

The chapel has a small rectangular plan with the entrance located at the west end and a 19th-century lean-to addition at the east end. The south side has three windows, while the north side has two, all of which are 2-centred arched in the Gothick style and include intersecting glazing bars. The west end features a central 2-centred arched doorway with a recessed door, flanked by two 2-centred arched blind recesses that are painted with intersecting glazing bars. Above the west door is the datestone from 1849, which reads "WESLEYAN CHAPEL." The 19th-century lean-to at the east end has a doorway on the south side.

Surrounding the chapel at the west end is a set of 19th-century cast iron railings on a stone plinth, which also extends along the south side. The railings at the west end have shaped brackets and are divided into bays by standards topped with spiky fleur de lis finials. The interior has not been inspected but is noted to have a 20th-century ceiling. Overall, the chapel remains very unspoiled externally.

Local climate

Newtown Methodist Chapel Including Iron Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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