The chapel was built by George Marton in 1840 as a private chapel for Capernwray Hall. The chapel was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe and at that stage consisted of a simple rectangle.
The chapel could comfortably accommodate 100 people, In 1856 the tower was added along with the chancel and west window.During the Second World War, the children from Ripley St Thomas School, Lancaster, were evacuated to Capernwray Hall nearby and used the chapel for worship. Following the war, the Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers used the chapel for worship but by1962 it had become too small for the numbers using it and it was converted into a dormitory by adding a false ceiling and dormer windows to make an upper floor. During the late 1970's the building fell into disuse but was later taken on by the Evangelical church who occupy the building to this day often throwing open their doors on bank holidays for cake and coffee mornings.
Capernwray Chapel is constructed in sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a two-bay chancel at a lower level and a southwest tower over the porch. Gargoyles protrude from the gutters and on the gables are cross finials.
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