Beulah. standing 1,250 feet up on Brendon Hill, this is the highest place of worship on Exmoor.
An inscription on the outside south wall reads, 'Beulah 1861'.
Beulah Methodist Cahpel on Brendon Hill
Opened by Bible Christians, and now Methodist, it is one of the few surviving buildings from the 19th century mining enterprise. In those days both the Wesleyans and the Anglicans had chapels up here, and when the West Somerset Mineral railway was operating, church and chapel outings were popular.
Beulah was built largely through the efforts of the Rev. James Coles, brother of Sammy Coles, the local preacher of Luxborough, who at that time was minister in charge of the Kingsbrompton Bible Christian circuit. The site was given by the Ebbw Vale Company, and foundation stones were laid by Miss Morgans, daughter of the mines captain, and by Miss Pritchard, of Treborough.
The date on Beulah Methodist Chapel on Brendon Hill
After the collapse of the mining industry Beulah was closed for 25 years, the furnishings removed, doors and windows taken out; however, the roof and walls were soundly built and survived the wind and weather.
A new superintendent minister, the Rev. T. C. Jacob, set about reviving the work, so that in 1910 the chapel was re-opened at a cost of £200. Regular services have been held ever since.
The chapel is constructed of local stone, rough-cast outside, and plastered and colour-washed within. It has the usual entrance porch, rows of benches, harmonium, preaching desk, and school room, and was renovated and re-decorated in 1973.
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