Burras is a village in west Cornwall, east of Black Rock and approximately five miles south of Redruth on the B3297 road. This profile of Burras Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.
Located just off the road next to the Cober river in its own parcel of land.
An early or mid C19 wayside Wesleyan chapel with early C20 remodelling survives at Burras. It is possible that the early C20 remodelling was in response to rivalry from 1889 United Methodist chapel across the road (138283) (Heritage Gateway)
Wesleyan Sunday school, now village hall. Granite rubble walls, grouted scantle slate roof. Had retained original 16-pane hornless sashes when first inspected but these are now replaced with inappropriate uPVC windows. (Heritage Gateway)
Unknown build date.
1876: Burras Brass Band played for the Burras Wesleyan procession and tea treat. (John Brush)
1888: Maps indicate a Wesleyan Methodist chapel on this spot.
1889: Sunday school build date. (Heritage Gateway)
Sunday school: Granite rubble walls, grouted scantle slate roof. Had retained original 16-pane hornless sashes when first inspected but these are now replaced with uPVC windows.
From 1917: Sunday school records exist.
The Sunday school eventually became the Village Hall.
Chapel seating for 160. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
Destroyed by fire. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1939: Closure date: (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian) Presumably closed due to fire.
Congregation moved to Sunday school. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1932: The Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and the United Methodist Church amalgamated to become the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
1962 Chapel
Burras Wesleyan Chapel (Photo: Jo Lewis)
1962: New chapel built on same site. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1963: Date stone. It is suggested that the building was remodelled in response to rivalry from 1889 United Methodist chapel across the road but, if David Easton is correct, it was due to a fire.
2016: Chapel closure date.