Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel

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Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel
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Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel
Location in Wiltshire
Coordinates: 51°31′09″N2°12′02″W / 51.5193°N 2.2006°W / 51.5193; -2.2006
OS grid reference ST 862 801
Location The Street, Grittleton, Wiltshire
Country England
Denomination Baptist
Website Historic Chapels Trust
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 29 May 1985
Architectural type Chapel
Specifications
Materials Stone, tiled roof

Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel is a Baptist chapel in The Street, Grittleton, Wiltshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, [1] and is owned by the Historic Chapels Trust. [2]

Baptists denomination of Protestant Christianity

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only, and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the tenets of soul competency/liberty, salvation through faith alone, scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local congregation. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and the Lord's supper.

Grittleton village in United Kingdom

Grittleton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Chippenham. The parish includes the hamlets of Foscote, Leigh Delamere, Littleton Drew and Sevington, and part of the hamlet of The Gibb.

Wiltshire County of England

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of 3,485 km2. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based in the county town of Trowbridge.

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History

The chapel was built in about 1720, [1] and opened in 1721. [2] [These dates are in some doubt after recent research.][ citation needed ] It was promoted and supported by the Houlton family of the local manor house. [1] The chapel closed in 1982 but reopened in 2016, with regular services. [3] It has been owned by the Historic Chapels Trust since 2011. [2]

Manor house country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely applied to various country houses, frequently dating from the late medieval era, which formerly housed the gentry.

Architecture

Built in rubble stone with ashlar dressings, the chapel has a tiled roof. Its plan is rectangular. [1] On the east side are four mullioned and transomed windows. [2] The doorway is on the south side. Inside are north and south galleries, with a vestry under the north gallery. In front of the vestry is an octagonal timber pulpit. Also in the chapel are box pews, three of which are in oak dating from the 18th century, the rest in deal from the 19th century. [1] In addition there is a child's pew. [2]

Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash'. Where present, it becomes more noticeable when the land is ploughed or worked.

Ashlar Finely dressed stone and associated masonry

Ashlar is finely dressed stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the structure built of it. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent to those of other stones", ashlar is capable of very thin joints between blocks, and the visible face of the stone may be quarry-faced or feature a variety of treatments: tooled, smoothly polished or rendered with another material for decorative effect.

Mullion

A mullion is a vertical or horizontal element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window. Its secondary purpose is to provide structural support to an arch or lintel above the window opening. Horizontal elements separating the head of a door from a window above are both a head jamb and horizontal mullion and are called "transoms".

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England, "Grittleton Baptist Chapel (1363850)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 18 June 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel, Historic Chapels Trust , retrieved 18 June 2012
  3. ↑ Phillips, Alison (27 January 2016). "18th Century chapel in North Wiltshire enjoys music for first time in over 30 years". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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