Great News! We are through to the Final.
Please vote for us in the grand final in September and enable this great community project to succeed!
CALL 09013 600 502 - Lines open 1am Friday 15th September and close 10pm Sunday 17th September
Calls from a BT landline will cost £1. Calls from mobiles and other networks may vary. More than 77p from every call will be donated to The Restoration Fund, a registered charity (charity no. 1098895).
Newlyn Trinity Methodist Chapel has won the South West heat of BBC Restoration Village and is now through to the grand final. We
need YOUR support to ensure that we win the final - encourage your
friends, family, colleagues to support us -
VOTE as
many times as possible! Every vote counts!
We are looking to restore Newlyn Trinity Methodist Chapel, ensuring a sustainable future for this important Grade II* listed
building by extending its use to tell the story of an important and
interesting Cornish community.
This Grade II* building is one of the best and most complete
early 19th century chapels in Cornwall.
Built in 1835, it is an emblematic building as Methodism has played a key role
in Cornish working and social life for over 200 years.
Used for religious worship
until eight years ago, when serious structural problems were identified, the
chapel retains its horseshoe gallery, original box pews and original pulpit
incorporated into its present rostrum.
Following structural repairs and
weather-proofing, it is hoped the chapel will find new life as an interpretive
centre, celebrating the village's religious, social, industrial and artistic
heritage. It will focus particularly on Newlyn's former copper-working and
silk-making industries and internationally important School of Painters.
We anticipate close links with Penlee House as well as with other
galleries and listed buildings in the area. This is, though, not just
about the past. We hope to encourage artists and craftspeople working
in the village today, making links to their work and perhaps even
offering space to them within the building.
For more information visit the following links:
http://www.restorationnewlyntrinity.btik.com
– the official site of the project
http://lookaroundcornwall.com/panos/trinity.htm
- interactive view of the interior of the chapel
http://tinyurl.co.uk/20bt – BBC presentation video
http://tinyurl.co.uk/xmjn - BBC Restoration sitewith links to images and
virtual tour of the project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/G1899
- BBC Action Network - Trinity Chapel
http://www.newlyn.info/content/view/138/44/
- Original project presentation on newlyn.info
http://www.newlyn.info/content/view/109/1/
- ‘ Chapel close to windfall - the Cornishman
Project contact address
Jeremy Drew (Development Worker – The Centre)
C/o 1, Florence Place, Newlyn, Penzance . TR18 5PT Tel 01736 368920
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