Jireh Chapel in Lewes, East Sussex - Find a Grave Cemetery

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26 Malling Street, LEWES, Sussex, England, UK
Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex BN7 2RD England

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+44 7981 477863
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Former Calvinistic Independent chapel, completed in 1805 and greatly enlarged in 1826. Timber-framed on brick base and clad in mathematical tiles to north and east, slate to south and plain tiles to west.
Built for the Rev. Jenkin Jenkins, formerly the minister at the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion chapel on Chapel Hill, Cliffe, Lewes. For this, Jenkins enlisted the help of William Huntington 'the coal-heaver', a well-known minister of Providence Chapel, Titchfield Street, London, and visiting preacher at many chapels in Sussex, Surrey and London. Huntington founded or opened many chapels throughout England.
The chapel has a capacity of around 1000 and was regularly full for worship in the 19thC, especially during the ministry of John Vinall senior.
In the yard next to the western elevation is a tomb where William Huntington was laid to rest alongside Jenkin Jenkins. Eight others are buried in the tomb.
A Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster place of worship in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_Free_Presbyterian_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Huntington_(preacher)