Report - Little Bentley Evangelical Chapel January 2025

[Jet]

Hi all,

While on the way to another site today, we noticed this small church on the roadside.
The online history here is bordering on zero yet from what we could understand from a very small section of a newspaper article, this was to be the permanent home for the nearby evangelical community and was built in the early 1800s, having a memorial stone fixed onto the front wall in June of 1874.

Tacked to the wall on the entrance there is a sheet that reads:

Within this church may every stranger find a welcome here.
The trouble getting regain sweet peace and rest.
may the discouraged feel a breath of cheer
and consolation come to those distressed
may young folk find a worthy path to tread
and those now old in years be comforted
and may this be a haven - gentle - kind -
a tranquil oasis for all who come. may they receive new strength and hope, and find
within these walls a spiritual home.

 

[TheEther]

Visited with Jet, JMS and Craner yesterday.

Having stood in a lot of chapels and church's over the years, there is something quaint about this small unassuming chapel set in a quiet village in the middle of no where.

The long forgotten chapel has a simple entrance, leading to a small single room that has pews lined down either wall. An simple unassuming space for worship.

Here are some additional pictures from the visit

Outside of the single main room, there was a small back room, that looked mainly for storage, that opened out to the side of the chapel and fields beyond

The memorial stone from the front of the chapel

Carved initials to the right of the memorial stone

 

[Jet]

Those pictures are great, i particularly love the peeling paint ones and how the light comes through the door of the backroom. It was definitely a cool find.

 

[dansgas1000]

That is really nice. Nice set of pics

 

[Shutterfilm35]

Love the pictures

 

[Jet]

That is really nice. Nice set of pics

Thank you!

 

[Jet]

Love the pictures

Much appreciated