Chynhale

Chynhale is a hamlet 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of Helston, Cornwall, England in the civil parish of Sithney.[1]

Chynhale
Chynale Methodist Church in 2011
Chynhale
Location within Cornwall
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

Chynale Methodist Church was built of granite in 1879 to the design of Redruth-based architect, James Hicks. It is Grade II listed.[2] The entrance gates, pillars and flanking walls are separately listed. The gates were cast at the Tuckingmill Foundry.[3] The church building is closed for worship. The final church service was announced for Easter Sunday 2015.[4] In 2022, a proposal was made to remove the church's Sweetland organ and relocate it in St Mark’s Anglican Church, Florence, Italy.[5]

In 1911 at a public meeting presided over by the chairman of Sithney parish council it was stated that 82 children were on the roll for Chynhale School and it had capacity for 132, but the County Education Committe had decided it was to be closed.[6]

References
  1. "Chynhale, Cornwall - area information, map". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. Historic England, "Chynhale Methodist Church (1142167)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 February 2024
  3. Historic England, "Gate piers, gates and flanking walls south of Chynhale Methodist Church (1142168)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 February 2024
  4. "Last service at Chynhale Methodist Church after 136 years of worship". Falmouth Packet. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  5. "Rare Italian church organ to be removed returned to home country". Falmouth Packet. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  6. "Educational burdens: New school in Sithney district". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. No. 5265. 6 July 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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