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Building MPM1771 - 5 Margate Road
Summary
Former Seventh Day Adventists Chapel, now Sikh Temple.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
The building was used as a chapel by the Seventh Day Adventists (known as the Allensfield Hall) between c1927 and 1968, and the façade retains the appearance of a very simple chapel. [1, 2] It is now the Guru Nanak Gurudwara Sikh Temple. A building is shown on maps of the site from 1898 onwards, although the footprint appears to have been altered slightly after 1952.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SPM265 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1898. Ordnance Survey Map 1898.
- --- SPM266 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1910. Ordnance Survey Map 1910.
- --- SPM354 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1932. Ordnance Survey Map 1932.
- --- SPM67 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1952. Ordnance Survey Map 1952.
- <1> SPM394 Digital archive: Overton, Edward. 1968. British Advent Messenger. Volume 73.
- <2> SPM39 Bibliographic reference: Offord, J. 1989. Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship on Portsea Island.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 645 996 (point) |
|---|---|
| Unitary Authority | Portsmouth City |
Record last edited
Dec 14 2016 2:33PM