Information for record number MWA2456:
Moravian Chapel, Keys Lane, Priors Marston

Summary A Moravian chapel that was built during the Imperial period. The walls of the chapel are built from rubble but the front of the building were built in brick. It is situated on Keys Lane, Priors Marston.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Moravian Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 48 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Meetings commenced in 1801 and in 1806 a large barn was fitted up for use as a meeting house. The present chapel, opened in 1862 and 'thoroughly renovated' in 1883, is of rubble with a brick front.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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Moravian Chapel, Keys Lane, Priors Marston
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1920s
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument MORAVIAN CHAPEL * A place of worship for Protestant followers of Hussite doctrines which accept the Bible as the only source of faith. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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