Description

LANDULPH
SX 46 SW
6/155 Landulph Methodist Church with
attached Sunday School, front wall
and railings
II
Methodist church, with attached Sunday School; front wall with railings. Dated 1874.
Devon limestone rubble, with stone dressings and brick dressings; Slate roof with
crested ridge tiles and gable ends with bargeboards.
Plan: single auditorium plan, with ritual east at the rear; the entrance is through a
tower attached to front left. Attached to the rear is the Sunday School. The
boundary wall runs along the front and has 2 gateways; surmounted by railings.
Exterior: The front gable end has large 3-light window, of three lancets, with the
central light taller, with hood mould; circular datestone set in the gable above with
inscription; Wesley Church 1874; buttresses. Taller 2-storey tower to left, with
diagonal weathered buttresses, pointed arched doorway with double doors and hood
mould to front; pointed lancet above with hood mould. Brick cornice and bellcast
pyramidal roof with cast iron finial. The left side of the tower has a single plate-
glass sash at ground floor and lancet at first floor, and short slated spire. The
left and right sides of the auditorium have 2 paired lancets and buttresses. to the
rear, the 2-storey Sunday School has 2 plate-glass sashes with triangular heads and
brick surrounds, door with overlight to right; 3 similar sashes at first floor. At
the right side, there is a projecting wing to rear, probably a vestry, single storey,
with paired plate-glass sashes. The right side of the Sunday School has 2 plate-
glass sashes at first floor and a single storey lean-to at end right. The front wall
is about 20 metres long, in Devon limestone rubble with granite coping, in 3 stepped
ranges, with C20 cast iron gate at each end. The wall is surmounted by panels of
cast iron railings with trefoil finials.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4286662544

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614640

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