Information for record number MWA2816:
Site of Primitive Methodist Chapel, Alvecote, Shuttington

Summary Site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel dating to the Imperial period and situated in Alvecote.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shuttington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 24 04
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Similar in style and date to the terraced houses in Alvecote. Formerly a primitive methodist chapel, but now used as a field centre for local nature reserve. Just in front, on the ground, is a mill stone from Alvecote mill.
2 The chapel closed in 1960 and the building served as a field centre for Alvecote nature reserve before finally being demolished.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: N.W.Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N A D
Date: 1976
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Alvecote, Primitive Methodism around Tamworth 2
Author/originator: Michael Green
Date: 2014
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
There are no images associated with this record.  
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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.
more -> 		back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for Primitive Methodists, a group who were formed in Staffordshire and influenced by American evangelical ideas and who left the Methodists in 1811. 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 TERRACED HOUSE * A house in a line of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument NATURE RESERVE * Area of land set aside and managed for the preservation of flora, fauna, their natural habitats and physical features. 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 FIELD CENTRE * Building used for field studies and outdoor pursuits in the countryside and in an urban context. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record