Salem Chapel

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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. 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. 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"! ()

Built: 1719 (305 years ago)Coordinates: 50°39'28"N, 3°19'0"W

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4 Vicarage RdBudleigh Salterton EX9 7EF EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1363 83355

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Salem Chapel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, A La Ronde, Bicton Park, Fairlynch Museum.

6.4 miSW
Golf
Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve
164 min walk • Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, located in the United Kingdom, is a site of remarkable natural beauty and biodiversity. This coastal haven stretches across 506 acres, encompassing a variety of habitats including sand dunes, grasslands, ponds, and marshes, which...
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Historical place, Architecture, Museum
A La Ronde, Exmouth
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0.6 miN
Garden, Historical place, Park
Bicton Park, Budleigh Salterton
15 min walk • The Manor of Bicton is an historic manor in the parish of Bicton in east Devon, England.
2 miS
50°37'46"N • 3°19'19"W
Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton
51 min walk • Museum
4.7 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Auditorium
Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth
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3.5 miSW
Church
St Margaret and St Andrew's Church
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0.6 miE
Museum, Visitor center
Otterton Mill
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3.7 miNE
Monastery
Sidmouth Priory, Sidmouth
95 min walk • Sidmouth Priory was a priory in Devon, England. An Alien priory of Benedictine monks, a monastic cell or monastic grange dependent on Mont St Michel founded in the 11th Century through their ownership of Otterton Priory.
2.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Woodbury Castle
60 min walk • Woodbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the village of Woodbury in the English county of Devon, some eight miles southeast of the city of Exeter.
3.7 miNE
Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
Kennaway House, Sidmouth
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Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
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