Alston, L. (2013). Primitve Methodist Chapel, Woolpit: Historic Building Recording. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1018450. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Primitve Methodist Chapel, Woolpit: Historic Building Recording
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The disused Primitive Methodist chapel in Woolpit lies on Heath Road approximately 500 m south-east of the parish church. Although now at the heart of the village, immediately opposite the Health Centre and close to the school, its position was relatively isolated in the 19th century. The building is a simple rectangular red-brick structure of three bays in the Mock Gothic style, with a hipped slate roof, arched windows and gault-brick dressing. A plaque above the entrance door in its roadside gable bears the date 1861, and the site is depicted as the empty corner of a field on the tithe map of 1845 - although documentary evidence suggests an earlier Primitive Methodist chapel had existed on Woolpit Heath approximately 1.5 km to the south-east. The interior consists of a single hall with a raised dais behind a turned balustrade of stained pine at its western end and a number of late-20th century anterooms which interrupt the original windows to the east. The dais is not contemporary with the fabric as its wainscot panelling conceals earlier blue painted plaster, and no original fixtures or fittings survive. At first sight the building appears to be a single, unified structure, but the easternmost of its three bays (as defined by gault-brick pilasters) is a late-19th century extension. The new brickwork was carefully matched to the old, but is darker and more uniform in colour and the bay is significantly narrower. The date plaque was presumably re-set in the new gable, and the present dais is likely to have been inserted as part of this refurbishment. The chapel remains an attractive example of Victorian Mock Gothic brickwork, despite its unfortunate re-pointing in cement, but given its alterations and lack of original fixtures is unlikely to meet the strict criteria for listing.
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Author:		 L Alston
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Primitive Methodist Chapel, Heath Road, Woolpit
Parish: WOOLPIT
District: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Woolpit Heath
Location - Auto Detected: Heath Road
Location - Auto Detected: Woolpit
Grid Reference: 597760, 262220 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHAPEL (Monument Type England)
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Victorian Mock Gothic (Auto Detected Temporal)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-145225
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Note:		 Standard SCCAS client report, soft bound, A4, colour
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016