Editing Agapemonites (section)

==Spaxton==
[[File:Geograph 1987454 The Agapemone Chapel.jpg|thumb|The Agapemone Chapel in [[Spaxton]] (2010).]]
Extensive building work was undertaken to accommodate members and followers at [[Four Forks, Spaxton|Four Forks]] in Spaxton,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/spaxton/spaxton1.html |title=Spaxton |access-date=2007-12-04 |work=Quantock Online }}</ref> to which Prince and his followers moved in the summer of 1846. Behind {{convert|15|ft|adj=on}} high walls were built a 20-bedroom house and attached chapel, as well as a gazebo, stables, and cottages, all set within landscaped gardens.{{sfn|Evans|2006|p=25}} The buildings were designed by William Cobbe. The [[buttress]]ed chapel, with its [[pinnacle]]s and stained glass, was completed in 1845;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Agapemone, Four Forks, Spaxton|url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/28706|work=Somerset Historic Environment Record|publisher=Somerset County Council|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> today, together with the attached house, it is a Grade II [[Listed building (United Kingdom)|listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=No. 1; and attached former chapel to right|num=1178130|access-date=2014-01-23}}</ref>

In 1899, Prince died at the age of 88. His followers buried Prince in the grounds of the chapel, with his coffin positioned vertically so that he would be standing on the day of his resurrection.{{sfn|Evans|2006|p=29}}

In the early 20th century, a number of houses (some in the [[Arts and Crafts]] style) were built at Four Forks by members of the Agapemonites, including [[Joseph Morris (architect)|Joseph Morris]] and his daughter Violet.{{sfn|Dunning|Elrington|Baggs |Siraut|1992}}

Since closure of the community, the chapel has been used as a studio for the production of children's television programmes, including ''[[Trumpton]]'' and ''[[Camberwick Green]]''.{{sfn|Evans|2006|p=20}} The complex of buildings became known as Barford Gables and was put on the market in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jury|first=Louise|title=Vicar's sex cult excites buyers' interest in rustic Abode of Love|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/vicars-sex-cult-excites-buyers-interest-in-rustic-abode-of-love-1277680.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927105318/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/vicars-sex-cult-excites-buyers-interest-in-rustic-abode-of-love-1277680.html |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=2014-01-25|newspaper=The Independent|date=9 February 1997}}</ref> The chapel received planning permission for conversion into a residential house and was put on the market again in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Ross|title=The chapel of unrest|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3325822/The-chapel-of-unrest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314172205/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3325822/The-chapel-of-unrest.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2014|access-date=2014-01-25|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=16 June 2004}}</ref>