Bullhouse Chapel
The Dissenters' Chapel of Bullhouse is one of the very oldest chapels in this country. It was built in 1692 and lies a mile or so away from Penistone, just beyond Millhouse Green and near to a lone wind turbine from the modern age. It began as a Presbyterian meeting house, after the Act of Toleration allowed non-conformist worship in 1689.
For such a small chapel, it is interesting that its congregation in 1715 was 200 people. It turned to Methodism in the nineteenth century, following the strong local methodist tradition but it is not affiliated now. These pictures come from 2005 during a flower festival.
Lottery Money
Bullhouse Chapel recently benefited from an English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund donation totalling £21,000 towards the cost of repairs to the guttering, walls and vestry roof of this old chapel (details from Barnsley Chronicle July 07). I'm not sure what the Methodist founders would have thought of taking gambling money.
