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Tour of Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth
Heritage Open Day: Walpole Old Chapel is undergoing major repairs this year, which reveal exactly how it was built, just when the National Trust chooses ‘Architecture’ as its theme for Heritage Open Days! I
The building was converted circa 1690 from a farmhouse to the unique chapel we still see today. We don’t think an Architect ever went near this conversion. Rather, it was carried out by local carpenters, blacksmiths and builders, using the techniques they had learnt from their forebears. The architectural style is, therefore, ‘vernacular’. And, as a lot of the conversion work involved re-use of older timber, The Chapel has a very home-made look about it.
The building was converted circa 1690 from a farmhouse to the unique chapel we still see today. We don’t think an Architect ever went near this conversion. Rather, it was carried out by local carpenters, blacksmiths and builders, using the techniques they had learnt from their forebears. The architectural style is, therefore, ‘vernacular’. And, as a lot of the conversion work involved re-use of older timber, The Chapel has a very home-made look about it.
Sat 13 Sep, Sat 20 Sep
Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth Road, Walpole, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 9AZ
Sat 13 Sep:10.30-4.30; Sat 20 Sep:10.30-4.30; Free Entry.
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