Whiteley Shield Primitive Methodist Chapel (West Allen)
The interior of Whiteley Shield Chapel showing the well-preserved fittings and furniture. Photo by Peter Ryder.
Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel at Carrshield. Photo by Peter Ryder.
Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel, Carrshield (east side). Grade II listed building. Dated 1857 and inscribed over door 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL'. Interior has some contemporary fittings. (1)
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Disused 1973. (2)
Coursed rubble, heavily mortared; rusticated quoins to front, rusticated window surrounds and front to porch. Rectangular block c.10.55m by 8.1m, side on to road, with central porch. The porch has a recent door with a two-pane fanlight under a round arch, with cornice over; above the cornice is a tablet 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL 1857' and coped gable on moulded kneelers. Slate roof. Rear elevation has two similar windows, except that that only heads have rustication.
Interior: outstanding, largely contemporary interior. Boarded walls, with quatrefoil piercings to boards. Dais with balustraded front set centrally at north end, below rusticated arch with text 'For our Citizenship is in Heaven'. In front of altar rail curved pew, perhaps for Sunday School. Central area with stove towards west wall; southern part has floor stepping up. Contemporary light fittings and old clock.
Subsidiary structures: small gate piers to road, with railings on either side of path up to chapel porch. On north of gate is a small gabled outbuilding, almost certainly a coal store.
This is the best preserved mid 19th century chapel in the Allendales. The roof is in poor condition and the interior may be suffering from rot. The outstanding interior is quite rare in this area; it is a virtually intact contemporary interior. Still in use by a small congregation. (3)
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Disused 1973. (2)
Coursed rubble, heavily mortared; rusticated quoins to front, rusticated window surrounds and front to porch. Rectangular block c.10.55m by 8.1m, side on to road, with central porch. The porch has a recent door with a two-pane fanlight under a round arch, with cornice over; above the cornice is a tablet 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL 1857' and coped gable on moulded kneelers. Slate roof. Rear elevation has two similar windows, except that that only heads have rustication.
Interior: outstanding, largely contemporary interior. Boarded walls, with quatrefoil piercings to boards. Dais with balustraded front set centrally at north end, below rusticated arch with text 'For our Citizenship is in Heaven'. In front of altar rail curved pew, perhaps for Sunday School. Central area with stove towards west wall; southern part has floor stepping up. Contemporary light fittings and old clock.
Subsidiary structures: small gate piers to road, with railings on either side of path up to chapel porch. On north of gate is a small gabled outbuilding, almost certainly a coal store.
This is the best preserved mid 19th century chapel in the Allendales. The roof is in poor condition and the interior may be suffering from rot. The outstanding interior is quite rare in this area; it is a virtually intact contemporary interior. Still in use by a small congregation. (3)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses within the Northumberland Section of the Northern Pennine A.O.N.B. 1998
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