The Welsh Chapel, Manchester, July2010

[rooster]

The Welsh Baptist Chapel Manchester
The chapel was designed by Sir Charles Barry, shortly before he designed the Palace of Westminster. It was constructed between 1837 and 1839 out of sandstone, with a slate roof. It is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel. A listed building since 3rd October 1974 currently grade 2. In 2006 it had its’ roof removed for safety reasons it is on the buildings at risk register rated as very bad. The building has seven narrow bays, with buttresses and a lancet in each bay. The west end has a giant moulded archway, with an arched doorway at the ground floor with a window above. On the east end there is a rose window. The corners are square, with pinnacles. The inside of the chapel had galleries on three sides, and a ribbed, vaulted ceiling. The attached two-storey Sunday School is in the same style as the chapel, and has a triple-gabled north side, with large arched windows on the first floor. It also has a canted apse on the west end, and a lean-to porch. It is a chapel, which means that it was used for marriages, burial rites and baptisms but not internment – hence no graveyard. WARNING Please guys if you do visit this place be careful its in very bad condition.





































Thanks for looking, Hope you like it.

[the_undertaker]

shame really, isnt it

[converse1]

Bad condition! You're not kiding!! Good place though.

[rooster]

shame really, isnt it

Yes it is a shame, I love churches and in my opinion they should be preserved, Its just the sign of our modern times religion is diminishing nobody cares anymore......