Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- third-sentry-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1989
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Methodist Chapel, Anvil Corner, Holsworthy Hamlets, EX22 6NR
- OS grid reference
- SS 372 042
- Coordinates
- 50.81449, -4.31205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Chapel is a Bible Christian chapel with an attached schoolroom, built in 1854. It was likely altered in the late 19th century when the schoolroom was ceiled. The building features roughcast over rubble and slate roofs, with the roof over the schoolroom slightly higher than that of the chapel. The chapel has a two-bay plan and is entered from the east gable end, while the shorter two-bay schoolroom is accessed via an external stair at the west gable end, which has a vestry below.
The east gable end is unlit and has a semicircular-headed porch supported by shaped brackets, with a fanlight above a plank door that has decorative hinges. The left return (south) faces the road and includes two semicircular-headed 12-pane windows with pivoted lower sections for the chapel, and two similar but taller 18-pane windows at the west end. A door that cuts into the central window has removed the lower six panes. The west gable end features an external stair made of squared and coursed rubble, with stone steps that have nosing and a wrought iron handrail leading to another plank door.
Inside, the chapel has a simple design with original fittings, including a semicircular arch supported on brackets at the west gable end, which is typical of Bible Christian chapels. Baptisms were recorded at this chapel in 1857.
Local climate
Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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