“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel

“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County). Built in 1763, Pompion Hill Chapel is among the finest remaining examples of the Anglican parish churches of the lowcountry. Situated near Huger, the chapel stands on a bluff along the eastern branch of the Cooper River. The chapel is built on a rectangular plan and features Georgian styling. Its exterior features include a steeply pitched, slate-covered jerkinhead (clipped gable) roof; arched windows; and a projecting chancel with a Palladian window. The interior is finished with white plaster walls, a cove ceiling, and a floor of red brick.The chancel is trimmed with Doric pilasters supporting a full entablature that is enclosed by a balustrade. A fine example of colonial American architecture, Pompion Hill Chapel is one of only a handful of surviving eighteenth-century ecclesiastical buildings in the South Carolina lowcountry.