Langley Methodist Chapel (Haydon)
The Primitive Methodist Chapel is dated 1870 and a schoolroom was added in 1903. The main body of the chapel is rectangular, with a very small vestry set off-centre at the west end and the later schoolroom at the east end. The chapel and porch are built of stone with Welsh slate roofs. A stone tablet is inscribed 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL 1870'. Inside the chapel the fittings seem to date to the early 20th century, with the possible exception of the boarded dado which may be contemporary with the building. The dais is set centrally at the west end, with an open communion rail in front and two ranks of benches on either side, facing eight pairs in the main body. The schoolroom has a boarded dado and a fireplace with its original range. Outside the chapel are some other structures including a small enclosure between the chapel and the road and the Caretaker's House, built in the 1880s and still fulfilling its original function.
Primitive Methodists had been meeting in the area since 1833. By 1840 the congregation had reached 25 and they were using a preaching room at High Mill, but a permanent chapel was only built as late as 1870, as the landowners considered that having one nonconformist chapel at Langley (the Wesleyan Chapel) was sufficient. The chapel cost £300 to build and the adjacent minister's house a further £200.
Primitive Methodists had been meeting in the area since 1833. By 1840 the congregation had reached 25 and they were using a preaching room at High Mill, but a permanent chapel was only built as late as 1870, as the landowners considered that having one nonconformist chapel at Langley (the Wesleyan Chapel) was sufficient. The chapel cost £300 to build and the adjacent minister's house a further £200.
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Victorian (1837 to 1901)
Edwardian (1902 to 1910)
Edwardian (1902 to 1910)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses within the Northumberland Section of the Northern Pennine A.O.N.B. 1998
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