Birchwood Chapel And Boundary Wall

BUCKLAND ST MARY CP BIRCHWOOD ST21SW 4/34 Birchwood Chapel and boundary wall

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Chapel of ease, 1887, Random rubble local stone with ashlar dressings, chamfered plinth, quoins, coped verges double-Roman tile roof. Plant 4-bay nave with chancel, south-west porch flanked by vestries, bell-cote over. Single storey, 3-bay porch, lean-to roof with gabled central pointed arch opening, chamfered, flanked by pointed arch windows, similar chamfered pointed arch inner doorway, plank door, square headed opening to vestry right, pointed arch window on right return, 2 lancets to right, 3-light window east end, renewed stonework, 4 lancets on north front, 2 at west end, pointed arch doorway to vestry on west front. Simple wooden bell-cote and bell. All windows with coloured glass. Interior not accessible at time of survey, known to have whitewashed brick walls and seats 80, Surrounded by random rubble chert walls with renewed coping, entrance in south-east corner. The expansion of Birchwood, confidently anticipated in the late C19, has failed to materialise and the chapel now stands in the midst of fields and orchards behind the hamlet. (Kelly Directory 1914.

Listing NGR: ST2404314279