Located on Hendra Lane at the site of Hendra Farm. This profile of Hendra Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel is recorded on the 1st Edition 1:2500 1880 OS Map. The same building is shown on the 1907 OS Map but not labelled. It is still shown on the current Mastermap. (Cornwall Council Heritage Gateway)
1843: Declaration, trustee of chapel leasehold, Hendra Wesleyan Chapel, Breage. Declaration by John Walters, trustee. (Kresen Kernow MRPL/22)
1843: Build date. (SWChurches)
Built as a Wesleyan chapel. (SWChurches)
1861: Certificate of registration, Hendra Wesleyan Chapel, Breage. Certificate of registration as place of religious worship. (Kresen Kernow MRPL/24)
1869: Assignment of lease, executors of John Walters, Hendra Wesleyan Chapel, Breage. (Kresen Kernow MRPL/23)
1878: Shown on maps.
1894-1895: Papers, new schoolroom, Hendra Wesleyan Chapel, Breage. Correspondence, receipts, loan forms, plan and fundraising accounts for building new schoolroom. (Kresen Kernow MRPL/25)
1901: Closed and sold. (SWChurches)
1869-1901: Correspondence, receipts and note of sale, Hendra Wesleyan Chapel, Breage. Correspondence concerning sale, 1896. Receipts, 1869-1901. Note of sale, 1901. (Kresen Kernow MRPL/26)
Correspondence relating to the sale
1908: No longer shown as a chapel on maps.
The building remains on maps and has recently become incorporated into barns with frontage onto the road and a bricked up old window.
The Remains of Hendra Chapel (Photos: Paul Phillips 2022)
The wall facing the narrow roadway attached to a Dutch barn
Above shows a closer view of the same wall, now ivy covered but indicates a possible doorway and former window placements.
Below indicates the blocked up windows
