The Hanging Chapel — Attraction in Langport

This is an iconic building in a historic location. The archway is Grade 1 listed and is the remaining structure of the east gate of Langport. It houses a room which has been used as a church, an armory, a Sunday school, and now a Masonic hall and although not open to the public all the time, visits can be arranged and occasionally an open day is advertised. If access is gained there are some fantastic views to be gained from the upper walkway. Lovely stonework and very eye-catching, recommended...

The Hanging Chapel and Medieval Gateway is a Grade I Listed Building and Langport's most famous landmark. The monument includes a medieval chapel sited over an arched medieval gateway dating from the 14th Century and forms an archway over the road leading from Langport towards Huish Episcopi.

A gate chapel is an ecclesiastical structure from medieval times, built directly over or next to a town gate, so that prayers could be offered by travellers on their safe arrival or when setting out...

Excavation in the 1990s showed that the gateway and chapel had been built on the site of a Saxon bank around the town. The hanging chapel became a masonic hall in 1891 , and is currently leased by the town council to the...