{{Infobox organization | name = Historic Chapels Trust | type = Registered Charity | website = {{URL|https://www.historicchapelstrust.org/}} | formation = {{start date and age|1993|df=yes}} | purpose = Save and protect non-Anglican places of worship no longer used by their congregations }} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2019}} [[File:Biddlestone Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 75289.jpg|thumb|250px|Biddlestone Chapel in Northumberland|alt=A short, relatively tall chapel, with three arched windows in the near face, and a taller similar window in the face receding to the right]]
The '''Historic Chapels Trust''' is a British Registered Charity set up to care for redundant non-Anglican churches, chapels, and places of worship in England. To date, its holdings encompass various nonconformist Christian denominations and Roman Catholic sites.
==Foundation== Established in 1993, the Trust takes into ownership buildings of exceptional architectural and historic significance that are no longer used by their congregations. In practice this means buildings listed Grade I or II* by English Heritage. It was founded in response to the large number of places of worship that were being demolished or destroyed by insensitive conversion and it remains the only body with this mission in England.
==Activities== Once acquired, the buildings are repaired and restored, and then available for new, mostly secular, community uses. The places of worship can be of any denomination or faith, other than the Anglican Church. To date they have included Nonconformist chapels of the Methodist, Unitarian, Baptist, Lutheran denominations, two Congregationalist chapels, two Quaker meeting houses and four Roman Catholic churches. The Trust has the power to take synagogues and non-Christian places of worship but in spite of negotiations has not yet done so.<ref name=hct>{{Citation| url = http://www.hct.org.uk/| title = Historic Chapels Trust| access-date = 18 June 2012| publisher = Historic Chapels Trust| archive-date = 26 June 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120626091804/http://www.hct.org.uk/| url-status = live}}</ref> The Trust arranges for the chapels to be open to the public at advertised times, and wherever possible it introduces disabled access. Its policy is that the chapels should be used for community activities, including concerts, lectures, conferences, exhibitions, and any other activity compatible with conservation of the building. The Trust also encourages the use of the buildings for services of worship.<ref name=memo>{{Citation| year =2006| title =Memorandum submitted by the Historic Chapels Trust to the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport| publisher =Parliament of the United Kingdom| url =http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmcumeds/912/912we62.htm| access-date =13 July 2010| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120819061336/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmcumeds/912/912we62.htm| archive-date =19 August 2012}}</ref>
At about half of its sites the Trust has formed a volunteer local committee to organise events, arrange occasional services of worship. At others it engages volunteers as key-holders and to assist with the maintenance of sites. Whenever possible and appropriate, the Trust installs modern heating and lighting, kitchens and toilets.<ref name=memo/> In 2012 the Trust declared a moratorium on rescuing new sites unless they are donated together with endowment funds, a policy it will review if finances allow.
Directors of the Trust were Dr.Jenny Freeman 1993 – 2011. On her retirement Dr Freeman was awarded an OBE for her services to heritage. Roland Jeffery held the post of Director 2013–2018.
==Finances & Viability== Historic Chapels Trust has no endowment and receives no direct government grant. It depended from the start on grants from English Heritage, later Historic England and the Heritage Lottery Fund, money earned by events at the buildings, support from trusts and foundations, and donations from individuals and Patrons. This is in contrast with the larger Churches Conservation Trust, which received 70 percent of its funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the balance from the Church Commissioners of the Church of England. However it can only take into care Anglican buildings.<ref name=memo/> In 2016 Historic England announced that its financial support for Historic Chapels Trust would be wound down to zero, causing the Trustees to consider the continued viability of the charity. In 2021 a programme of dispersal of the collection was initiated, managed by consultants. By 2026 eight chapels had been transferred to other owners, mostly non-profit bodies, and one is for sale on the open market. The future of the remaining buildings is under negotiation.
==Governance== The Trust is a secular UK registered charity and operates only in England. Since 2015 the President of the Trust is the Rt Hon Lord Beith.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/who-we-are | title = Who We Are | access-date = 18 June 2012 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120313115055/http://hct.org.uk/who-we-are | archive-date = 13 March 2012 }}</ref> In 2018 the charity announced that because of the uncertainty of future funding the Trust's office would close with immediate effect and its work managed on Trustees' behalf by the Churches Conservation Trust, an Anglican not for profit organisation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hct.org.uk/articles/historic-chapels-trust-and-churches-conservation-trust-work-together-strategic-review |title=Historic Chapels Trust and Churches Conservation Trust to work together on strategic review | the Historic Chapels Trust |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124052/https://www.hct.org.uk/articles/historic-chapels-trust-and-churches-conservation-trust-work-together-strategic-review |url-status=dead }}</ref> This arrangement was terminated in 2023.
==Rescued places of worship== In spite of its meagre resources the Trust has to date rescued 20 properties.<ref name=hct/> Some have been semi-derelict buildings, such as the Dissenters' Chapel in Kensal Green Cemetery, and Salem Chapel in East Budleigh, Devon. Some chapels are in remote locations, such as Biddlestone Chapel in Northumberland, Farfield Friends Meeting House in West Yorkshire, and Penrose Methodist Chapel in Cornwall. Others are in urban areas, such as Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church in Merseyside, and St George's German Lutheran Church in London. Some are small and simple, large and elaborate buildings, such as the Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley, Staffordshire, Todmorden Unitarian Church in West Yorkshire, Umberslade Baptist Church in the West Midlands, and the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Blackpool, Lancashire. During the first 13 years of its existence, the Trust won ten architectural awards, including a Europa Nostra Award for the Dissenters' Chapel.<ref name=memo/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! style="width:120px" |Name ! style="width:150px" |Location ! style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Photograph ! style="width:80px" |Date{{ref label|Location|A|A}} ! style="width:550px" class="unsortable"|Notes ! style="width:24px" |Grade |- |Farfield Friends Meeting House |Addingham,<br>West Yorkshire<br><small>{{coord|53.9621|-1.8855|name=Farfield Friends Meeting House}}</small> |100px|alt=A small, simple chapel seen almost end-on in a grassy burial ground; it is built in stone with a moss-covered roof. On the end is a window with open shutters; on the front face is a door and two shuttered windows. |align="center"|1689 |This is a small, simple Quaker meeting house built immediately after the Act of Toleration, on land previously used as a burial ground. Outside the meeting house are five chest tombs of an unusual type for a Quaker burial ground.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/farfield-friends-meeting-house/13 | title = Farfield Friends Meeting House | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 14 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100714042418/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/farfield-friends-meeting-house/13 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1199556|desc= Friends' Meeting House, Addingham|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref>Ownership transferred to the Friends of Friendless Churches in 2025 <ref>https://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/news/four-new-chapels/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Walpole Old Chapel |Walpole, Suffolk<br><small>{{coord|52.3232|1.4816|name=Walpole Old Chapel}}</small> |100px|alt=A white building with a red-tied roof seen from an angle and looking more like a house than a chapel. It has two storeys, a double gable, two windows on the end and on the entrance front are two doors and two windows in each storey. |align="center"|1689 |Built as soon as allowed by the Act of Toleration, the chapel was converted from an existing farmhouse. Initially used by a group of Independent Christians, it later became a Congregational chapel. In the 1860s, it was taken over by the Primitive Methodists.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/walpole-old-chapel/23#field-chapel-history-arch | title = Walpole Old Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 26 January 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100126143051/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/walpole-old-chapel/23#field-chapel-history-arch | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.walpoleoldchapel.co.uk/ | title = Walpole Old Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Walpole Old Chapel | archive-date = 27 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110527204809/http://www.walpoleoldchapel.co.uk/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1030448|desc= Congregational Chapel, Walpole|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Cote Baptist Chapel |Bampton, Oxfordshire<br><small>{{coord|51.7255|-1.4930|name=Cote Baptist Chapel}}</small> |100px|alt=A grey-white building seen almost end-on with two storeys. The lower storey has two doors with a round-headed window between, the upper storey has three round-headed windows, and at the top is a truncated gable. |align="center"|1703–04 |The chapel was built for a group of Baptists originating on the other side of the River Thames. It was enlarged in the 1750s, and in the late 1850s underwent an extensive restoration. Following another restoration in the 1990s, it is now used for weddings, concerts, and other events.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/cote-baptist-chapel/11 | title = Cote Baptist Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715111955/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/cote-baptist-chapel/11 | archive-date = 15 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1284460|desc= Cote Baptist Chapel, Aston, Cote|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>Ownership transferred to the Friends of Friendless Churches in 2025 <ref>https://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/news/four-new-chapels/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Salem Chapel |East Budleigh, Devon<br><small>{{coord|50.6577|-3.3167|name=Salem Chapel, East Budleigh}}</small> |100px|alt=Two single-storey cream buildings with slate roofs at an angle to each other. On the left is part of the chapel; on the right is the assembly hall with two sash windows. In front is a brick wall and gateposts; above the gate is an overthrow with a lantern. |align="center"|1719 |Initially a Presbyterian chapel, it was later used by Congregationalists, and then by the Assemblies of God. Adjacent to it is a separate assembly room. It is now used for concerts and other events, weddings, and the occasional church service.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/salem-chapel/18 | title = Salem Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112145/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/salem-chapel/18 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1097511|desc= Salem Church Including Boundary Walls And Assembly Room, East Budleigh|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Coanwood Friends Meeting House |Haltwhistle, Northumberland<br><small>{{coord|54.9243|-2.4541|name=Coanwood Friends Meeting House}}</small> |100px|alt=A small, stone, single-storey building with a slate roof in a burial ground with gravestones. Seen from the front, it has steps leading up to a door and three windows. |align="center"|1720 |This meeting house stands in an isolated position and is unchanged since it was built, other than the replacement of its thatched roof with slates. The interior retains its original layout, with rows of benches for the congregation and elders still in place. In the burial ground are typical Quaker gravestones, some of which commemorate the Wigham family, who helped to found the meeting house.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/coanwood-friends-meeting-house/10 | title = Coanwood Friends Meeting House | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 21 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621092409/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/coanwood-friends-meeting-house/10 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1042914|desc= Friends Meeting House at Ny 710589, Coanwood|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>Ownership transferred to the Friends of Friendless Churches in 2025 <ref>https://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/news/four-new-chapels/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel |Grittleton, Wiltshire<br><small>{{coord|51.5193|-2.2006|name=Grittleton Baptist Chapel}}</small> |{{center|—}} |align="center"|{{circa|1720|lk=off|sortable=yes}} |The chapel opened in 1721. It has a rectangular plan with a tiled roof. Inside there are galleries at each end. Under the north gallery is a vestry, in front of which is a pulpit with a staircase and preacher's seat. In the body of the chapel are box pews and a child's pew.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/grittleton-strict-baptist-chapel/28 | title = Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel | access-date = 18 June 2012 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 9 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112739/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/grittleton-strict-baptist-chapel/28 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1363850|desc= Grittleton Baptist Chapel|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In 2025 the chapel and burial ground was sold to the owners of adjoining Grittleton House to manage as part of their event venue offer. |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |St George's German Lutheran Church |{{sort|London|Alie Street, London}}<br><small>{{coord|51.5142|-0.0705|name=St George's German Lutheran Church}}</small> |70px|centre|alt=The end of a symmetrical brick building in two storeys. On the ground floor are two doorways between which is a Venetian-style window; in the upper storey are two round-headed windows with a semicircular inscribed plaque between; over this is a white cross and the building is topped by a gable. |align="center"|1762–63 |St George's was the fifth Lutheran church to be built in London, and continued to be used by Lutherans until 1996. It now contains the offices of the Historic Chapels Trust and is also used for concerts, organ recitals, and other events.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/london/st-georges-german-lutheran-church/17 | title = St George's German Lutheran Church | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 2 December 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101202040352/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/london/st-georges-german-lutheran-church/17 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.stgeorgesgermanchurch.org.uk/ | title = St George's German Lutheran Church | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = St George's German Lutheran Church | archive-date = 3 December 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203205555/http://www.stgeorgesgermanchurch.org.uk/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1065325|desc= St George's Lutheran Church and Vestry|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The church was transferred in 2025 to the ownership of the Council of Lutheran Churches <ref>https://www.stgeorgesgermanchurch.org.uk/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |St Benet's Chapel |Netherton, Merseyside<br><small>{{coord|53.4946|-2.9678|name=St Benet's Chapel, Netherton}}</small> |100px|alt=A brick house with the chapel extending behind it |align="center"|1793 |Although it was built after the Catholic Relief Acts that allowed Roman Catholics to worship openly, the chapel is concealed behind the presbytery that appears from the road to be a "standard two-bay house". It retains some of its original fittings, and as of 2010 it is being restored as it would have been before the Second Vatican Council. The presbytery is used as a residence for retired priests.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/st-benets-rc-chapel-merseyside/16 | title = St Benet's RC Chapel, Merseyside | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112135/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/st-benets-rc-chapel-merseyside/16 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last1 =Pollard| first1 =Richard | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2006 | location =New Haven and London | pages = 521–522| isbn =0-300-10910-5 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1075849|desc= Church of St Benet and Chapel House|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Bethesda Methodist Chapel |Hanley,<br>Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire<br><small>{{coord|53.0233|-2.1769|name=Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley }}</small> |70px|centre |align="center"|1819 |Once known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries", it was built for the Methodist New Connexion. An elaborate portico was added to its frontage in 1859. During the 20th century its congregation declined and its fabric deteriorated, leading to its closure in 1985. Repairs costing £2.5 million are under way as of 2010.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/bethesda-methodist-chapel/6 | title = Bethesda Methodist Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112210/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/bethesda-methodist-chapel/6 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.bethesda-stoke.info/ | title = Bethesda Methodist Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Friends of Bethesda | archive-date = 27 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100627080857/http://www.bethesda-stoke.info/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1195821|desc= Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Stoke-on-Trent|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Ownership transferred to Re-Form Heritage 2026 <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c805g8v4j21o</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Biddlestone Chapel |Biddlestone, Northumberland<br><small>{{coord|55.3688|-2.0720|name=Biddlestone Chapel }}</small> |100px|alt=A short, relatively tall chapel, with three arched windows in the near face, and a taller similar window in the face receding to the right |align="center"|{{circa|1820|lk=off|sortable=yes}} |The chapel stands in a remote location and was built as a private chapel for Biddlestone Hall by the Roman Catholic Selby family. The hall has been demolished, but the chapel has been retained. It was built on the remains of a medieval pele tower, incorporating some of its fabric.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/biddlestone-rc-chapel/9 | title = Biddlestone RC Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112129/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/biddlestone-rc-chapel/9 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1041304|desc= Roman Catholic Chapel, Biddlestone|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>Ownership transferred to the Friends of Friendless Churches in 2025 <ref>https://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/news/four-new-chapels/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Dissenters' Chapel |{{sort|London|Kensal Green Cemetery, London}}<br><small>{{coord|51.5269|-0.2159|name=Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery }}</small> |100px|alt=A double track leads through grass towards a small Classical-style building. The central portion has four columns supporting a pediment, and wings with columns extend from each side. |align="center"|1832 |The first purpose-built Nonconformist chapel to be built in a public cemetery, its condition had deteriorated so much that its wings were demolished in the 1970s. Later that decade, the chapel underwent a major restoration, including rebuilding the wings, and restoring the original painting scheme.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/london/dissenters-chapel-kensal-green-cemetery/12 | title = The Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 14 May 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100514100510/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/london/dissenters-chapel-kensal-green-cemetery/12 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1080628|desc= The Dissenters Chapel, Kensington|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In 2025 the lease to Historic Chapels Trust was surrendered and the building is now managed by the General Cemetery Company.<ref>https://www.kensalgreencemetery.com/</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Thorndon Park Chapel |Thorndon Park, Essex<br><small>{{coord|51.5987|0.3301|name=Thorndon Park Chapel}}</small> |70px|centre|alt=The entrance front of a Gothic chapel with a steep gable and a small spire to the right |align="center"|{{circa|1850|lk=off|sortable=yes}} |This was built as the private Roman Catholic chantry chapel and mausoleum for the Petre family in the grounds of Thorndon Hall. It was designed by William Wardell, and is in Decorated style. The interior has an elaborately decorated roof, including depictions of angels, and a richly carved reredos.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/chantry-chapel-and-burial-ground-thorndon-park-essex-grade-ii/27 | title = Chantry Chapel and Burial Ground, Thorndon Par | access-date = 18 June 2012 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112907/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/chantry-chapel-and-burial-ground-thorndon-park-essex-grade-ii/27 | archive-date = 9 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1293260|desc= Chantry Chapel and Mausoleum, Thorndon Park|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Wainsgate Baptist Church |Hebden Bridge,<br>West Yorkshire<br><small>{{coord|53.7555|-2.0041|name=Wainsgate Baptist Church }}</small> |100px|alt=A two-storey gabled stone building seen from an angle with another building attached behind it. There are round-headed windows and a door in the nearer building with straight-headed windows in the building behind it. |align="center"|1859–60 |The chapel stands in an elevated position overlooking Hebden Bridge. Attached to the rear of the chapel is the former manse, converted into a school in 1890. The chapel closed in 2001, and is now a venue for concerts and other events.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/wainsgate-baptist-church/21 | title = Wainsgate Baptist Church | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112020/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/wainsgate-baptist-church/21 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| url = http://www.wainsgate.co.uk/| title = Wainsgate Chapel| access-date = 28 June 2010| publisher = Wainsgate Chapel| archive-date = 12 July 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100712002923/http://www.wainsgate.co.uk/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1227399|desc= Wainsgate Baptist Church And Attached Sunday School|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Todmorden Unitarian Church |Todmorden,<br>West Yorkshire<br><small>{{coord|53.7111|-2.0990|name=Todmorden Unitarian Church }}</small> |70px|centre|alt=A Gothic style church dominated by a large, elaborate tower with a spire and pinnacles. |align="center"|1865–69 |The church was built by the Fielden family, local mill owners, and it is constructed using the best quality materials. It was designed by John Gibson in Gothic style with a large spire {{convert|196|ft|m|0}} high. Following a £1 million programme of repairs, which included restoration of the surrounding landscape and burial ground, it is now used for occasional services, weddings and other events.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/todmorden-unitarian-church/19 | title = Todmorden Unitarian Church | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 31 December 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091231113306/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/yorkshire/todmorden-unitarian-church/19 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| url = http://todunitarianchurch.caldercats.com/| title = Todmorden Unitarian Church| access-date = 28 June 2010| publisher = Todmorden Unitarian Church| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708111718/http://todunitarianchurch.caldercats.com/| archive-date = 8 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1228988|desc= The Unitarian Church, Todmorden|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade I colour}}|I |- |Westgate Methodist Chapel |Bishop Auckland,<br/>County Durham<br><small>{{coord|54.7372|-2.1482|name=Westgate Methodist Chapel}}</small> |100px |align="center"|1871 |Built for the Primitive Methodists, the chapel closed in 2007. It retains its Victorian layout, complete with the original pews, gallery, windows, a "magnificent organ", and much detailed decoration.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/westgate-methodist-chapel-formerly-primitive-methodist/25 | title = Westgate Methodist Chapel (formerly Primitive Methodist) | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715111945/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-east/westgate-methodist-chapel-formerly-primitive-methodist/25 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1232510|desc= Westgate Primitive Methodist Chapel, Stanhope|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Umberslade Baptist Church |Hockley Heath,<br>West Midlands<br><small>{{coord|52.3467|-1.7859|name=Umberslade Baptist Chapel}}</small> |70px|centre|alt=A Gothic style church seen from the south; to the left is a tower with a spire and pinnacles; to the right is a two-storey, gabled transept. |align="center"|1877 |George Ingall designed the church for the Baptist George Frederick Muntz, junior, of Umberslade Hall. It is constructed in blue lias stone in Decorated style with a spire, and has much elaborate detail. Repairs costing about £500,000 were completed in 2008.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/umberslade-baptist-church/20 | title = Christ Church Baptist Church, Tamworth-in-Arden | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 31 December 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091231113301/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/umberslade-baptist-church/20 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1382428|desc= Westgate Primitive Methodist Chapel, Stanhope|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|II |- |Penrose Methodist Chapel |St Ervan, Cornwall<br><small>{{coord|50.4980|-4.9971|name=Penrose Methodist Chapel}}</small> |{{center|—}} |align="center"|1861 |The chapel's plan is a simple rectangle with a single storey. Its interior retains its original layout, with box pews, and benches in the area once occupied by the musicians and choir.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/penrose-methodist-chapel/14 | title = Penrose Methodist Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112140/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/south-west/penrose-methodist-chapel/14 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1212478|desc= Methodist Chapel, St Ervan|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In 2026 after negotiations with a Cornish charity broke down, the trustees offered the chapel for sale on the open market. |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Longworth Roman Catholic Chapel |Bartestree, Herefordshire<br><small>{{coord|52.0620|-2.6308|name=Longworth RC Chapel}}</small> |{{center|—}} |align="center"|1869–70 |Originally the medieval chapel to the manor house at Old Longworth, it was used for agricultural purposes after the Reformation. The chapel was restored in 1851, then moved to a site adjacent to convent at Bartestree in 1869–70. It is probable that the move and rebuilding were supervised by E. W. Pugin.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/longworth-rc-chapel/24 | title = Longworth RC Chapel | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715112000/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/west-midlands/longworth-rc-chapel/24 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1099878|desc= Roman Catholic Church of St James, Bartestree|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church |Wallasey, Merseyside<br><small>{{coord|53.4216|-3.0410|name=Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church}}</small> |{{center|—}} |align="center"|1899 |Designed by Edmund Waring and Edmund Rathbone in Arts and Crafts style, the church is constructed in brick with stone dressings. Many of the internal fittings were designed by Art Nouveau craftsmen from the Bromsgrove Guild. The hall is in use for dance classes and the church for concerts and meetings.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/wallasey-memorial-unitarian-church/22 | title = Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 10 August 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100810215255/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/wallasey-memorial-unitarian-church/22 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last1 =Pevsner | first1 =Nikolaus | author-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | last2 = Hubbard | first2 = Edward | author2-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | title =The Buildings of England: Cheshire | publisher =Yale University Press| year =2003| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| page = 371| isbn =0-300-09588-0 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1273517|desc= Memorial Chapel, Wallasey|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |Blackpool, Lancashire<br><small>{{coord|53.8229|-3.0165|name=Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes}}</small> |80px|centre|alt=A grey-white stone chapel seen from the northwest, with a central spirelet with a cross. There is an elaborate carving of the Crucifixion over the west door, a tall pinnacle at the corner, and elaborate stone tracery in the windows along the side |align="center"|1955–57 |The shrine was built as a thanksgiving for the relatively small amount of damage sustained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster during the Second World War. It was designed by Francis Xavier Velarde and is constructed in Portland stone with copper cladding to its roof and flèche.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/shrine-our-lady-lourdes/15 | title = Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes | access-date = 27 June 2010 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | archive-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715111950/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/north-west/shrine-our-lady-lourdes/15 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last1 =Hartwell| first1 =Clare| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| title =The Buildings of England. Lancashire: North | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | orig-year=1969 | location = New Haven and London| pages = 157–158| isbn = 978-0-300-12667-9}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1387319|desc= Thanksgiving Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackpool|access-date= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* |- |}
===Key=== {{GeoGroup}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Grade ! Criteria<ref name=engh>{{Citation| url = https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/listed-buildings/| title = Listed Buildings| access-date = 26 March 2015| publisher = Historic England| archive-date = 1 December 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035728/https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/listed-buildings/| url-status = live}}</ref> |- |align="center" {{Grade I colour}}|I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |- |align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |- |align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |- |}
==See also== *Churches Conservation Trust, the equivalent body for redundant Anglican churches *Friends of Friendless Churches, a non-denominational charity, which rescues and repairs redundant places of worship in England and Wales
==Notes== {{note label|Location|A|A}}This is the date of first construction of the existing building.
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.historicchapelstrust.org}}
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