Congregational Chapel

This is a Congregational chapel, initially built as a private house in 1699, and converted for religious use in 1717. Further alterations occurred in the 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed Doulting stone rubble, with some rendering and dressed stone quoins. It has a clay tile roof, gabled to the left and hipped to the right.

The building has a narrow rectangular plan with an entrance under a gallery to the east, a lean-to staircase wing, and a later vestry projecting from the south side. When converted into a meeting-house in 1717, interior floors, ceilings, and partitions were removed and a gallery was installed at the east end. A schoolroom was added to the west end in 1898, replacing what was previously, according to an 1850 drawing, a stable.

The north front has two storeys internally, but appears as a single storey externally. It features four bays, the left bay slightly recessed to follow the road's curve. Small, 2-light stone mullion windows with ovolo moulding and leaded panes are present, the top panes with Gothic detailing. A moulded stone string course runs above the ground floor windows. A datestone is set between the centre two first-floor windows, bearing the inscription "N.R.A.1699" (Robert and Ann Newport). The right side has a single-storey schoolroom with a 4-pane sash window and panelled double doors with an overlight, set within dressed stone surrounds. The east return has a moulded stone doorway with a flush-panelled door, a 12-pane sash window above, and an outshut on the left with a small, single-light stone window and an integral stack.

The interior is open to the roof, with plastered walls. The roof was ceiled in 1776, but the principal rafters remain exposed. The east end features a gallery, supported by an iron post with three large bolection-moulded panels separated by pilasters. The gallery stairs have splat balusters and square newels. An early 18th century panelled pulpit is located at the west end, with a splat balustrade to the stairs. A complete set of box-pews was installed in 1847, with gallery seating added after 1853.

The building was initially built in 1699 by Robert Newport as a private house. It was then converted into a meeting-house in 1717 by the Presbyterian society, which had formed during the 17th century.