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We have a number of stealth churches round here. There is one near Arnside with a sign outside for Your Daily Bread. I was disappointed not to find a nice sourdough.
... in front of Saint Mary, Grittleton.
'Terribly over restored' according to Pevsner, in fact mostly rebuilt according to Historic England but in replica Gothic so still creates a feeling of the shade and calm of earlier centuries. The north aisle is original.
Details generally C19, including carved pulpit, with C20 virgin & child on the west tower.
'Terribly over restored' according to Pevsner, in fact mostly rebuilt according to Historic England but in replica Gothic so still creates a feeling of the shade and calm of earlier centuries. The north aisle is original.
Details generally C19, including carved pulpit, with C20 virgin & child on the west tower.
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Gunton St Peter’s, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
About my most local. Pictured before - more than once I’m sure. But not on this bike. Or with this aspect…….
About my most local. Pictured before - more than once I’m sure. But not on this bike. Or with this aspect…….
An older, rustic example of the stealth church genre. A Methodist chapel in Dentdale. Grade 2 listed.
‘Originally the Society of Friends had built a meeting house in 1701 on this site with adjoining land. After Methodism was reintroduced into the dale in 1803 by Jonathan Kershaw, the Wesleyans used to meet in an old barn, bought for £40 and used for worship. By 1834 this had become in such bad repair as to be unsafe, and they bought for £20 the meeting house and land from the Quakers. Since then this building has been in continuous use, first by the Wesleyans and then, after Union in September 1933, by both Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. After joining with Deepdale, the combined Society is now named 'Dentdale Methodist Church'.’
‘Originally the Society of Friends had built a meeting house in 1701 on this site with adjoining land. After Methodism was reintroduced into the dale in 1803 by Jonathan Kershaw, the Wesleyans used to meet in an old barn, bought for £40 and used for worship. By 1834 this had become in such bad repair as to be unsafe, and they bought for £20 the meeting house and land from the Quakers. Since then this building has been in continuous use, first by the Wesleyans and then, after Union in September 1933, by both Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. After joining with Deepdale, the combined Society is now named 'Dentdale Methodist Church'.’
