Lynch Chapel of Ease
church in Lynch, Selworthy, Somerset, England, UK
The Anglican Lynch Chapel Of Ease in West Lynch, Selworthy, Somerset, England was built around 1530. It is a Grade II* listed building.
History
The chapel was built around 1503 and was used by monks from Athelney Abbey but then became a private chapel for use by the lord of the nearby manor house.
The building was used as a store for the nearby farm but was returned to religious use in the 1880s by Thomas Dyke Acland. In 1880 it was restored and the addition of a porch completed around 1904 in memory of Henry Goddard.
The parish of Selworthy is within the Porlock and Porlock Weir benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Architecture
The stone building is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a slate roof. It has a ribbed open wagon roof.
“Lynch Chapel of Ease” enters the record as church in Lynch, Selworthy, Somerset, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lynch, Chapel and Ease can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17555903. Authority coordinates are 51.217, -3.576. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1530, 1503, 1880 and 1904.
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