Visit to Goodshaw Chapel

Yesterday we accompanied Age UK Oldham to visit Goodshaw Chapel, between Rawtenstall and Burnley, Lancashire as part of our consultancy role in the conservation and restoration of George Street Chapel, Oldham for Age UK Oldham.
Goodshaw Chapel was built in 1760 as a congregation of Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. It was left unchanged from 1860 when a new chapel was built in the bottom of the valley.
The chapel fell into dis-repair and was eventually gifted to the Department of the Environment and is now under the Guardianship of English Heritage.

Entrance to Goodshaw Chapel.

Looking towards the pulpit.
The two entrance doors are either side of the pulpit 

The gallery fronts had at one time been painted blue, similar to George Street Chapel.

Artistic interpretation of previous colour schemes.

'Bats' to aid self-guided tours of the chapel.

The walls are constructed with tipped stones to help shed water and prevent damp penetration.
The effect is to give the elevations an unusual serrated look