The Churches of Britain and Ireland
| Wells, Somerset
Bubwith House Chapel on Chamberlain Street forms part of the Bubwith Almshouses. The almshouses, chapel and guildhall were given to the City of Wells by Bishop Bubwith in the early 1400's. Another view. Both © Jim Parker. Elim Pentecostal Church on Chamberlain Street. © Jim Parker. Link. Former Methodist Church on Glastonbury Road, Upper Coxley, now a private residence. Another view. Both © Jim Parker. Mission Room, on Southover. Can you advise its affiliations? © Jim Parker. St. Cuthbert. ST 546 456. © Barbara Barklem. Another view from an old postcard (franked 1919), Steve Bulman's Collection. Link. St. Joseph and St. Teresa (R.C.) on Chamberlain Street. Another view. Both © Jim Parker. Link. Vicar's Chapel and Library on Vicar's Close. Dating from around 1425, the lower floor was the chapel, and upstairs was the library. It now forms part of the Wells Cathedral School. Another view. Both © Jim Parker. Interior view. © Roger Hopkins (2010). Wells Cathedral, more properly, the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew. 182 ST 551 458. © Barbara Barklem. Bill McKenzie was lucky enough to recently be on a helicopter flight over Wells, and took this aerial photograph of the cathedral. © Bill McKenzie. By Roger Heap, a nice view of the cathedral across the Well Pool. from which Wells is named. Three old postcards now; the first, from Steve Bulman's Collection, shows the West Front. And this one from Dave Westrap's Collection, is another aerial view. The cathedral seen from the Bishop's Palace. © Roger Hopkins (2010). Christopher Skottowe's Collection, an interior view. Link. Wells Methodist Church, built as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Southover. Another view. Both © Jim Parker. Wells United Church (Baptist and U.R.C.) on Union Street. Two further views - 1, 2. Jim explains - "The buildings consist of the Church , the two adjoining cottages (used as administrative offices) and possibly the Seagar Hall next door. This, I believe, may have been the old Baptist Chapel." Can you confirm this? All © Jim Parker. Link (still under construction in August 2009).
|
||
25 July 2010
© Steve Bulman
Contact Details