Upminster Old Chapel

The Old Chapel was built in 1800 as an alternative place of worship for Protestant Dissenters. This group worshipped at the Old Chapel until 1911. The growth of Upminster as a garden suburb led to the number of worshippers at the Old Chapel increasing. The decision was taken to move to new premises. Trinity Church on Station Road in Upminster was built to accommodate the congregation.

Another Christian group, the Brethren, then worshipped at the Old Chapel from 1911 – 1989. It's now redundant and a cross between a community centre/museum/learning resource.

I only include it because I like the architectural style which can't be said for many 1847 frontages.

UPMINSTER CHAPEL with Tuscan porch and pediment with semicircular window. 1800; enlarged 1827; re-fronted 1847.

Rather surprisingly to its north is a windmill - an unusual survival for these parts.

UPMINSTER. Its fine windmill greets us as we come; if we like to climb to the top of it we can see a sweep of 40 miles of Essex and the hills of Kent. The old-world village has grown into a garden suburb of London; its gabled Elizabethan hall has become the home of a Golf Club; but it keeps one of the most charming 15th century houses in Essex, Great Tomkyns, with lovely windows and projecting wings and a hall open to the roof. By it is a 17th century thatched barn with three bays.