West Hall WM chapel was built of stone in 1835 at a cost of £80. It was re-pewed in 1874. There were 73 sittings in 1873 and by 1940 there were 120 all in pews, reduced to 100 by 1980. There were no rooms besides the chapel which was closed in 1990 and was in residential use in 2016
A plain but attractive structure built of rough masonry and ashlar quoins and dressings. The windows and the door in the centre of the front gable are in an early gothic style.
Sources
Wesleyan seating returns, 1873
Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991
Cumbria Archives Service, Carlisle DFCM1/2/82-97, Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1862-1877
Cumbria Archives Service, Carlisle DFCM3/1/43-62 Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1898-1917
Cumbria Archives Service, Carlisle DFCM/11/32
Cumbria Archives Service, Carlisle DFCM/11/53
Site visit, 7th February 2016
Huggon, John, Carlisle Methodism, Parts 3, Cumbria Wesley Historical Society, spring 2015
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