Description

ST AGNES VICARAGE ROAD (east side),
SW 75 SW
4/241 Methodist Chapel
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GV II

Methodist chapel. Datestone 1860. Dressed killas brought to course, rusticated
granite dressings. Dry Delabole slate roofs with gable ends. Pedimented gable at
the front. Brick chimney over lower rear gable end of vestry/organ loft. Cast-iron
ogee-section gutters.
Plan: Rectangular aisle-less plan with chapel over schoolroom (ground floor) and a
narrower organ loft over vestry at the rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Unaltered elevations with original doors and windows in round-
headed openings. Granite rustications around the openings, chamfered rusticated
quoins. Symmetrical 1:3: 1-bay entrance front has aid-floor granite string and
moulded granite pediment. Central ground floor window (datestone under) is flanked by
pair of doorways. Central bays are broken forward. Panelled doors, spoked
fanlights. Hornless sashes with glazing bars and spoked heads.
Interior: Original galleries on 4 sides carried on wooden Tuscan columns; original
box pews over galleries; moulded plaster ceiling cornices and ornate central rose
with acanthus detail. Floor inserted between gallery fronts in circa 1953 and ground
floor seating removed at the same time.

Listing NGR: SW7213050453

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598505

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)