In the West Country certainly, wealthy families would have a chapel-of-ease close to them for private worship. Lynch lies in the parish of Selworthy about a mile from Porlock. It was built about 1530 and, after being used as a barn for many years was restored for worship by the Acland family in 1895. It is a rectangular building, 33 feet by 16 feet with an unplastered wagon roof. Although plain, it possesses a quiet dignity in this quiet hamlet.
