The Churches of Britain and Ireland

Nailsea, Somerset

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Baptist Church. ST 4704 7082. © Carole Sage (2016).

Christ Church, on Christ Church Close. ST 4719 7079. © Andrew Ross. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, all © Carole Sage (2016).

The former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel (1856-1964) is now Nailsea Little Theatre. Another view. ST 462 705. Both © Carole Sage (2016).

The former (and early) Friends' meeting House on Watery Lane. Allegedly the first Quaker Meeting House in North Somerset, the home owners who used their residence as a Meeting House were imprisoned several times for their beliefs. Almost impossible to photograph from the front (high hedges), Carole's photo shows the rear. ST 4619 7054. © Carole Sage (2016). An illustration of the front is available here.

Holy Trinity Church on Old Church Road. ST 4661 6993. © Andrew Ross. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, and the cockerel weather-vane. The gargoyles or grotesques all seem to be dragons, and, as Carole observes, are quite weathered - 1, 2. All © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017). Link.

Nailsea Methodist Church on Silver Street. ST 4691 7072. © Andrew Ross. Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).

Nailsea U.R.C. on Stock Way North ST 474 708. © Andrew Ross.

St. Francis of Assisi (R.C.) on Ash Hayes Road. ST 4737 6996. © Andrew Ross. Interior view. © Graeme Harvey (2010). Another view, © Carole Sage (2016). Link.

Southfield Church on Southfield Road, which was being rebuilt when Andrew took his photos. ST 473 710. © Andrew Ross. Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).

Trendlewood Church meets at Golden Valley Primary School in Nailsea Park. The church was formed in 1989, to serve a new housing estate, and was an off-shoot from Holy Trinity. Meeting at first in houses, pubs, and another local school, they have been meeting here since 2011. ST 47941 70615. © Carole Sage (2017). Link.

The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1792) in Chapel Barton It’s said to have been the first Wesleyan Chapel in North Somerset. It is now the Nailsea Social Club, and the old chapel is surrounded by single storey extensions. Another view. ST 463 705. Both © Carole Sage (2016).

 

 

 

 

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