Askam in Furness, Duddon Road WM Chapels, Lancashire

Askam in Furness, Duddon Road WM Chapel, Lancashire

Askam in Furness, Duddon Road WM Chapel was erected in 1870 at a cost of  £375. There were 300 sittings in 1873. It probably closed when the new chapel opened in 1909. Its exact location has not been established.

Sources

Cumbria Archives Service Carlisle DFCM1/2/82-97, Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1862-1877

Cumbria Archives Service Carlisle DFCM3/1/43-62 Carlisle WM  District property schedules, 1898-1917

Wesleyan seating returns, 1873

Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991

 

Askam in Furness, Duddon Road WM Chapel, Lancashire

Grid ref SD213777

Askham in Furness, Duddon Road WM Chapel was erected in 1909. In 1940 the chapel had 300 sittings on forms and there was a schoolroom. By 1980 the number of sittings had fallen to 100. It continues to be used as a Methodist place of worship. This building is an example of the experimental strain which entered Wesleyan architecture in the early years of the twentieth century in contrast (1) to the traditional gothic which remained the style of choice elsewhere (2). The walls, which were probably of brick like the perimeter wall, have been rendered and make a sharp contrast with the red facings. These are partly of brick and partly of the then fashionable terra cotta. Gothic was not abandoned but it is used in innovative ways such as the patterned brickwork above the three light window. The newel caps on the perimeter wall are a striking but egregious feature. Sandstone was probably chosen for the principal foundation stones for practical reasons.

 

1 See also Milnthorpe, Beetham Road (1904) in Westmorland and Cookham Rise in Berkshire

2 eg Brampton, Main Street in Cumberland of 1900 and Sedbergh in Yorkshire  (now Cumbria) of 1914.

 

Sources

Cumbria Archives Service Carlisle DFCM3/1/43-62 Carlisle WM  District property schedules, 1898-1917

Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991

Site visit, 23.7.2016

Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, front of chapel, 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, notice board, 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, south east side of chapel, 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, foundation stones (i), 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, foundation stones (ii), 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, foundation stones (iii), 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Roas WM Chapel, foundation stones (iv), 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, foundation stones (v), 23.7.2016
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Askam, Duddon Road WM Chapel, foundation stones (vi), 23.7.2016
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Comments about this page

  • Askam is correct

    By G W Oxley (04/02/2024)
  • It is fortunate that the Methodist Church does not subscribe to the doctrine of infallibility. The official accommodation returns consistently mispelt the name of these chapels from 1873 to 1947 (for understandable reasons the 1940 returns were delayed). By 1971, however, the Chapels Department had discovered the correct spelling.

    If the Ordnance Survey is to believed, the 1870 chapel occupied part of the plot now covered by the current chapel. See the 1891 and 1911 editions of Lancashire XV.4 25 inches to the mile.

    By Philip Thornborow (03/02/2024)
  • Interestingly, it is listed as Askham in the Statistical Returns of Methodist Church Buildings, 1941, so either the village dropped the ‘h’ at some point or we have perpetuated a historic typo!
    Either way it is certainly Askam now

    By Pamela Atkins (31/01/2024)
  • Thank you for alerting us to this, I have corrected the name to Askam

    By Pamela Atkins (31/01/2024)
  • Name of Place and Church:
    Ashkan or Askan? All maps give the name of the place as Askan, as does the church board in your pictures, but you call it Ashkan. Which is correct?.
    I assume “Roas” also should be “Road”
    I am a New Zealand Methodist

    By Rev. Stanley J. Barnes (30/01/2024)

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