Ebenezer Chapel, Heathfield

Ebenezer Chapel
The chapel
50°58′42″N0°17′10″E / 50.97836°N 0.28608°E / 50.97836; 0.28608
Location	Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex
Country	England
Denomination	Strict Baptist
History
Status	Chapel
Founded	1864
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Vernacular
Completed	1864

Ebenezer Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the hamlet of Broad Oak, part of the parish of Heathfield in the English county of East Sussex. The chapel was built in 1864.

An Independent Baptist congregation was founded here in 1835 by a Horsham-based preacher. The present chapel is aligned to the Gospel Standard movement and was built in 1864. It is timber-framed, partly weatherboarded and rendered, and has been extended several times. Above the entrance there is a gable. ^{[1] [2]}

The chapel is licensed for worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 and has the registration number 9014. ^[3]

See also

• List of current places of worship in Wealden
• List of Strict Baptist churches

References

1. Stell 2002 , pp. 356–357.
2. Chambers 1954 , pp. 64–65.
3. Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 9014; Name: Ebenezer Chapel; Address: Broad Oak Cross, Heathfield; Denomination: Baptists. ( Archived version of list from April 2010 ; subsequent updates )

Bibliography

• Chambers, Ralph F. (1954). The Strict Baptist Chapels of England – Volume II: Sussex. Thornton Heath: Ralph F. Chambers.
• Stell, Christopher (2002). Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. Swindon: English Heritage. ISBN   1-873592-50-7.

External links

• The chapel on www.roughwood.net