Churches of the British Isles

The church was still active in 2017 but its last service was given in August 2018. The chapel and land went onto the market in 2022-2024 with planning for apartments, but it was a Christian organisation which ended up purchasing it, committed to its sympathetic restoration and renewed use as a place of worship and community gathering. An architectural recording project was undertaken in April 2025 to ensure a comprehensive record of this significant local landmark.

Retew United Methodist Chapel and associated village were located to the west of Treviscoe (South Fraddon Dry is in the foreground of this 1920s photo, while Wheal Remfry Pit and the knitting factory are in the background). The land here was owned by English China Clays, which built the village at the end of the 1800s for its workers. The chapel later became Retew Methodist Church, but it closed around 1965 when the village was shut down. Demolition came in 1967.

Hendra Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, St Dennis, sits back from the western side of Hendra Road, just ninety metres south of the Hendra Prazey junction on the south-western edge of the town. This was its second Wesleyan chapel, built in 1904 (possibly on a pre-existing site). It is a simple one-cell rendered building with segmental arched windows and a flat roofed porch. Planning was granted in 2013 for conversion into a private residence and the chapel was sold in 2016.

St Denis Whitepit Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is on the eastern side of Fore Street, angled towards the Robartees Road junction. The junction's creation swept away any signs of the former St Denis Reading Room. The chapel was built in 1837, later becoming a United Free Methodist Church. Between 1907-32 it was a United Methodist Church and then, in 1932, St Dennis Providence Methodist Church. It closed in 1969 and by 2019 it was a holiday home.

Carne Hill Bible Christian Chapel stood on the east side of Carne Hill and the eastern side of St Dennis, about 120 metres north-west of the Hall Road junction. It was built in 1872, later becoming Carne Hill Methodist Chapel (probably in 1932). Serious dry-rot problems emerged in 2016, with access being prevented before the chapel was confirmed closed in the same year. It was demolished in 2017-2018. St Dennis (New) Church replaced it in 2019 (see links).

Four photos on this page by Jo Lewis, one from the late Mac Waters Collection, and one copyright © Stags Estate Agents.