Gunness, Doncaster Road

Gunness sits on the east bank of the River Trent, 3 miles west of Scunthorpe. The building on the left is the Ironstone Wharf pub (still open in 2024).

Gunness, St Barnabas

The church of St Barnabas in Gunness was built post-war to a design by Haynes and Johnson of Brigg.

April 2015

Gunness, St Barnabas

St Barnabas church at Gunness has a recessed west doorway and a polygonal west window - simple decorative features.  It is entirely of brick laid in English Garden Wall bond.

April 2015

Gunness, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

In "A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Scunthorpe Circuit Past And Present" prepared By Colin Shepherdson & Mervyn G White March 1997 (Revised August 1998) it is stated that :-

"i) The chapel, in Old Village Street, was built in 1824, replaced in 1929 and demolished in the late 1980's.

ii) The second chapel was built in Station Road. The foundation stone was laid on the 1.8.1928 and the chapel opened in January 1929.

A wooden schoolroom was added in 1959 and replaced with a portacabin in 1996.

The chapel is still in use with a membership of 17"

Geoff Swain Collection 17 August 1993