Former Chapel At South Furzehill Farm

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS74SW STOCK ROAD, Lynton 858-1/3/47 (South side) 03/09/73 Former Chapel at South Furzehill Farm (Formerly Listed as: LYNTON FURZEHILL Former South Furzehill Farmhouse and remains of Chapel to north)

GV II

Chapel dedicated to St John the Baptist, now outbuilding. Late medieval, much modified. Rubble, corrugated iron roof. Single-unit plan space with an attached outshut, approx 20m to the N of the old farmhouse (qv). The long roof-slope facing the farmhouse is contained in rough coped gable ends. It is entered from the S by plank doors, up wide stone steps to the 'nave', which retains no recognisable detail, but has an opening with wood lintels through a thick wall to the right, and evidence of blocked openings in the end gable wall and a small niche; this wall is not bonded to the 2 lateral walls. There is some transparent corrugated sheeting to the N slope. The pinnacles at North Furzehill (qv) and Ye Old Cottage (qv), Barbrook, said to have come from this chapel. (Chanter JF: History of the Parishes of Lynton and Countisbury: Exeter: 1907-).

Listing NGR: SS7267744896