Description

ST STEPHEN IN
SW 95 NE BRANNEL
2/110 Bible Christian Chapel with
- attached Sunday School

II

Bible Christian chapel with attached Sunday school. Dated 1886 with few later
alterations. Granite rubble with brick dressings; partly rendered. Bitumenised
slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. Gable end stack to rear with truncated
brick shaft.
Plan: Single auditorium plan with entrance at the front gable end and ritual east
also at the front gable end. The chapel is built into the slope of the ground, and
is 2-storey at the rear, where there is an integral Sunday school.
Exterior: Symmetrical front with central C20 plank double doors with round arch in
dressed stone with keystone; round-arched C19 4-pane sash with brick surround to
right and left. Circular recessed datestone above with brick border and inscription:
BCC AD 1886. The left and right sides have 2 larger round-arched 4-pane sashes with
brick arches; at the left end is a C20 window with granite window at ground floor.
The rear is rendered; ground floor has central C20 plank door with late C19 margin-
glazed sash to right and left. First floor has two round-arched margin-glazed
sashes.
Interior: Plain, but with original fittings. The entrance at the front gable end
leads to a shallow lobby with door to right and left. The ritual east end has a
Communion rail with turned balusters. At the rear there are raked pews with carved
front panels. Ceiled roof.

Listing NGR: SW9735755560

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436850

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