Listed Building record MDO13925 - Early nineteenth century chapel, Iwerne Minster

Chapel, now memorial hall dated 'Ebenezer Chapel, built 1810 enlarged 1860 '. The building has rendered walls with tiled roofs. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Baptist Chapel, now memorial hall dated 'Ebenezer Chapel, built 1810 enlarged 1860 '. Rendered walls with tiled roofs. Single storey. Main range of 3 bays with further extension to the west. Round-headed sash windows. Each bay is defined by a pilaster. Entrance is in the east gable wall and has a double, flush-panelled door. King-post roof.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 38 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(2) BAPTIST CHAPEL (86641432), of one storey with rendered walls and tiled roofs, stands nearly 200 yds. S.W. of the church. According to an inscription it was built in 1810 and enlarged in 1860. The main part of the building has a round-headed door-way in the gabled E. wall and, above, a round-headed sashed window. The S. elevation has three windows similar to those described. At the corners of the building and between the windows are plain pilasters with moulded capitals ; similar pilasters occur on the N. wall, but there are no windows. On the W. is an extension with lower walls than the main hall, but with pilasters and windows as described. Inside, a W. gallery with pilasters and windows as described. Inside, a W. gallery with a panelled wooden front rests on two plain iron columns.'

<2> Stell, C, 1991, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England, 117 (Monograph). SDO11597.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1486511 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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