Ebenezer Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the hamlet of Broad Oak, part of the parish of Heathfield in the English county of East Sussex. The chapel was built in 1864.
| Ebenezer Chapel | |
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 The chapel | |
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| 50°58′42″N 0°17′10″E / 50.97836°N 0.28608°E | |
| Location | Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Strict Baptist |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Vernacular |
| Completed | 1864 |
An Independent Baptist congregation was founded here in 1835 by a Horsham-based preacher. The present chapel is aligned to the Gospel Standard movement and was built in 1864. It is timber-framed, partly weatherboarded and rendered, and has been extended several times. Above the entrance there is a gable.[1][2]
The chapel is licensed for worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 and has the registration number 9014.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stell 2002, pp. 356–357.
- ^ Chambers 1954, pp. 64–65.
- ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 9014; Name: Ebenezer Chapel; Address: Broad Oak Cross, Heathfield; Denomination: Baptists. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates)
Bibliography
edit- Chambers, Ralph F. (1954). The Strict Baptist Chapels of England – Volume II: Sussex. Thornton Heath: Ralph F. Chambers.
- Stell, Christopher (2002). Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. Swindon: English Heritage. ISBN 1-873592-50-7.
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