I am trying to obtain some information on modern studies of 19th-century
nonconformist chapels in the SE of England. My particular interest is a
brick-built chapel in Crawley (West Sussex), the Bethel Baptist Chapel, which
was built in 1858, and which falls within a potential town centre redevelopment
site.
To place the chapel in its historical and architectural context, I would like to
obtain a better idea of the range of building types and plans one would expect
of lowland nonconformist chapels of this period, particularly in the southern
counties.
Does anyone have any information on any reasonably recent general studies of
such chapels, or recent detailed architectural/ historical/ archaeological
studies of particular chapels in this region?
John Mills
Archaeologist
West Sussex County Council Planning Dept
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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