Description

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SX0667 FORE STREET
629-1/2/62 (South side)
08/06/72 Methodist Chapel

GV II

Nonconformist chapel. 1840 datestone. Faced coursed rubble
with granite-coped plinth and steps; stucco imposts and round
arches to both floors, mid-floor string, moulded architrave
string above 1st-floor windows, moulded central pediment with
flanking parapets behind pair of small pediments; dry slate
roofs with moulded eaves. Rectangular aisleless plan with
gallery (now floored) on 3 sides and organ loft at rear
classical style. 2 storey elevations, symmetrical 1:3:1-bay
front. 3 late C19 three-light transomed windows with
single-spoked fanlight heads and coloured glass over 3
doorways with plain fanlights and pairs of 3-panel doors with
top panels glazed; flanking projecting bays each with pair of
2-pane horned sashes over doorway with blind fanlight with
date and pair of 3 panel doors. Side elevations have
round-arched openings with C20 windows. INTERIOR: altered late
C20 but retains panelled doors and reveals and moulded cornice
to entrance hall and moulded plaster cornice and elaborate
central rose to auditorium. Late C19 pitch-pine gallery pews
with panelled backs and rectangular chamfered ends; old organ.

Listing NGR: SX0683767017

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501780

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2