Salem Chapel, East Budleigh

Salem Chapel
The chapel on the left
and the assembly room on the right
LocationVicarage Road, East Budleigh, Devon, England
Coordinates50°39′28″N 3°19′00″W / 50.6577°N 3.3167°W / 50.6577; -3.3167
OS grid referenceSY 070 851
Built1719
Built forPresbyterian
Governing bodyHistoric Chapels Trust
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated30 June 1961
Reference no.1097511
Salem Chapel, East Budleigh is located in Devon
Salem Chapel, East Budleigh
Location in Devon

Salem Chapel is in Vicarage Road, East Budleigh, Devon, England. Initially a Presbyterian, then a Congregational chapel, it was later owned by the Assemblies of God, and is now owned by the Historic Chapels Trust.[1] The chapel, together with the adjacent assembly room and the boundary walls, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2] It is mentioned as the final two words of the short story, "Pomp and Vanities", written by S.Baring-Gould, circa 1865 and contained in his "Book of Ghost Stories", first published in 1903. The final two words, Salem Chapel, are referenced as an example of everything "heaven is not"!

  1. ^ Salem Chapel, Historic Chapels Trust, retrieved 1 July 2010
  2. ^ Historic England, "Salem Church including boundary walls and assembly room (1097511)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 September 2013