Building record 2291/1/0 - The Chapel House, Arthill

Chapel House, Reddy Lane (West side ), Arthill. Non-conformist chapel & cottage, now single dwelling. 1759, early C19th adds, C20th alterations. Red brick. Welsh slate roof. Former chapel on left has 6-panel door beneath segmental brick arch with keystone; small casement window over. To left of door 2 large, round-headed windows with projecting stone sills, C20th casements and brick arches with keystones. To right of door is a casement under segmental arch with keystone and a blocked doorway (now window ) with similar head; C20th 3-light casement window over. Rear: much altered; remains of 2 segmental arches in rear wall of chapel. Interior: altered; floor inserted in chapel, 2 original King-post trusses, one with tie beam cut through. Built by followers of John Johnson (Baptist Minster, Liverpool, 1741-7); Late C19th became a preaching station of Higher Lane Chapel, Lymm. From 1924 a house and workshop. Listed for historical importance. (1) (2) (3).
A congregation of Johnsonian Baptist formed in the mid 18th century aquired the present site 'part of a meadow............containing 8 roods 29 yards of Cheshire measure' in 1759. The meeting house registered in October 1759, eventually became a preaching-station for Higher Lane Chapel, Lymm but closed c1924. It was subsequently used as a workshop. In 1987 the whole property was under conversion into a private house (5).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/115A (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Urwick, W., 1864, Historical sketches of Nonconformity in the county palatine of Chester, /450 (Book). SCH1429.

<3> Whitley, 1913, Baptists in the North West of England 1649-1913, /66,124,151 (Oral Communication). SCH384.

<4> National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1993, Greater Manchester Western & Northern Relief Road - M56-M62 Archaeological Assessment Report, R2033/29 (Client Report). SCH1269.

<5> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 89 (Book). SCH4548.