Record Details

NHER Number:48907
Type of record:Building
Name:London Road Methodist Chapel

Summary

The Methodist Chapel was built on the site of the old workhouse in 1858, and is of red brick with a gault brick façade and a shaped gable.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 62125 19787
Map Sheet:TF61NW
Parish:KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Previously recorded under NHER 5484.

Methodist chapel built on the site of a parochial chapel of the same name (NHER 5484) in 1858. Chapel on this site by 1824.

1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Primitive Methodist Chapel. 1858 by J. A. Hillam. Red brick with gault brick façade and stone dressings. Slate roof. Façade in west gable to street. Two storeys in three bays, the centre bay broken forward. Stone rusticated quoins at all angles."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 4 September 2006. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 21 January 2020.

According to (S2) the chapel occupies part of the site (33m (108ft) by 18.3m (60ft)) of the Old Workhouse. Half the imposing frontage was purchased from Richard Munson of Walpole for £350 in May 1858. This building is described by (S2) as a commodious building capable of seating 800 hearers, was erected at a cost of £1643. The opening ceremony took place on 31 Marhc 1859. In 1892 the organ and organ loft were added.
See (S2) for further information.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 28 February 2020.

Monument Types

  • PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1858 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Publication: Beloe, E.M.. 1899. Our Borough Our Churches. 2.
---Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
---Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
---Monograph: Hillen, H. J. 1907. History of the Borough of King's Lynn. p 646.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1995. Timely clean-up for Lynn church. 6 January.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1997. Major facelift at Lynn Methodist church. 1 August.
---Serial: 1824. Woodward Correspondance. VolI. vol.I p.116. p 116.
---Serial: 1829. Woodward Correspondance. VolIII. vol.III p.70. p 70.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 474.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: CUG 1-3.
---Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. NHER 5484.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1994. Facelift for Victorian chapel. 1 November.
<S1>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1210689.
<S2>Monograph: Stell, C. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 250.

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5484Related to: Site of St James' Chapel (Monument)

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