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| High Chapel, Ravenstonedale | ||
| High Chapel | ||
| Ravenstonedale Chapel | ||
| locality:- | Ravenstonedale | |
| civil parish:- | Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | chapel | |
| coordinates:- | NY72260393 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7203 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 12) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Independent Chapel / Grave Yard" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- High Chapel United Reformed Church |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HIGH CHAPEL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH / / / RAVENSTONEDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74147 / NY7227003934" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "United Reformed Church. Founded 1662; present building 1726 with new windows inserted c.1868. Later additions and alterations, including wing to rear at south end. Slobbered rubble. Graduated slate roofs. Single tall storey, 5 bays. C20 plank ground-floor door in segement-headed doorcase. 3 tall semicircular-headed windows to right and similar shortened window above, all with projecting keystones and imposts to stone surrounds. Glazing bars to all windows. Steps up to C20 plank gallery door with remains of inscription on lintel, to left. Blocked original windows on rear elevation. Stone copings and kneelers to roof with gabled bellcote to south end and finial to north." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FORECOURT WALL, END PIERS RAILINGS AND GATE TO HIGH CHAPEL / / / RAVENSTONEDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74148 / NY7229603920" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Forecourt wall, end piers, railings, and gate; probably mid C19. Low wall of large hammer-dressed blocks with chamfered tops; ashlar end piers with flag caps, c.7 ft high and square in plan. Wrought-iron square-section standards with pointed terminals, set diagonally; central gate has similar standards to top rail and rod standards, with iron-twist terminals, to lock rail." |
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| hearsay:- |
'High Chapel United Reformed Church' according to the notice board, but also more
simply 'High Chapel'. |
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