Brearton Chapel

BREARTON MAIN STREET SE 36 SW (south side)

2/4 Brearton Chapel

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Chapel. 1836. For Thomas Duncombe of Copgrove. Magnesian limestone, gritstone dressings, purple slate roof. Shallow plinth. 3 bays with entrance at west gable end and bellcote above. 4 steps up to paired 2-panel doors under ogee door-head with hoodmould. Central stonework projects slightly and is carried up as a shallow pilaster to the gabled bellcote which has a crocketted finial. 3 flat-headed windows of paired cusped lights under a square hoodmould to north and south sides; similar 3-light east window. Chamfered eaves cornice, shaped kneelers and gable copings; short corniced stack at east end. Interior: 3 steps down in north-east corner to a partitioned-off vestry room which has a small fireplace with plain surround against the east wall. Reading desk and pulpit in the south- east corner. Small octagonal font in south-west corner. 4 roof trusses with alternating plain and cusped timberwork. A wooden notice above the west door records that the chapel was erected in 1836 and contained 150 sittings, the minister was Aaron Manby and the Chapel Warden was Frances Reynard.

Listing NGR: SE3235461025