Mapping Methodism – West Looe Bible Christian Chapels

  The Looe Chapels have been profiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.   Circa 1831: A group of Bible Christians began meeting in West Looe.   1846 Salem Bible Christian Chapel Salem chapel. A Bible Christian chapel built in 1846. Simple with front gable and plaque. Crudely converted to domestic use. (Heritage Gateway) Located…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – West Looe Bible Christian Chapels”

Mapping Methodism – West Looe United Reform Church – Riverside Chapel (Former Congregational Chapel)

The Looe Chapels have been profiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.   (Photo: Barry West)  Located in Quay Road. The first chapel in Looe was founded by Sir Harry Trelawny, a Cornish eccentric, who converted to Congregationalism and built a chapel in West Looe Square in 1777. Kellys 1902 notes: The Congregationalists were first…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – West Looe United Reform Church – Riverside Chapel (Former Congregational Chapel)”

Mapping Methodism – East Looe Wesleyan Chapel

 The Looe Chapels have been profiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.   Nonconformist Chapel (19th Century – 1801 AD to 1900 AD) Large Methodist chapel with attached schoolroom, now converted to residential use. Probably early or mid C19 in origin, remodelled late C19 (1). Stucco; slurried slate roofs with crested ridge tiles and Italianate…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – East Looe Wesleyan Chapel”

Mapping Methodism – East Looe Tower Hill United Methodist Church

The Looe Chapels have been profiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.   A nonconformist chapel, constructed c1841, at this location in East Looe is recorded on the 1st and 2nd Editions of the 1:2500 1880 and 1907 OS Maps. Still extant but now a Masonic Hall (b1) (Heritage Gateway) This two-storey stone-fronted converted chapel…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – East Looe Tower Hill United Methodist Church”

Mapping Methodism – Fowey United Reform Church

 The Fowey Chapels have been profiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.   (Photo: Jo Lewis) The United Methodist chapel on Lostwithiel Street is now disused. Late C19. Dressed granite front; dry slate roof with pierced and crested clay ridge tiles; steep pyramidal tower roof with courses of fish scale slates. Robust Gothic style with…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Fowey United Reform Church”