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Former Methodist Chapel and sunday school with attached walls and railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Glossop, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4445 / 53°26'40"N

Longitude: -1.9551 / 1°57'18"W

OS Eastings: 403076

OS Northings: 394193

OS Grid: SK030941

Mapcode National: GBR GXSL.JZ

Mapcode Global: WHB9S.YP47

Plus Code: 9C5WC2VV+RW

Entry Name: Former Methodist Chapel and sunday school with attached walls and railings

Listing Date: 27 January 1978

Last Amended: 22 May 2000

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1384295

English Heritage Legacy ID: 484729

Also known as: Glossop Joinery with attached walls and railings

ID on this website: 101384295

Location: Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK13

County: Derbyshire

District: High Peak

Electoral Ward/Division: Howard Town

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Glossop

Traditional County: Derbyshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Dinting Vale Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Derby

Tagged with: House Architectural structure Nonconformist chapel

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 August 2022 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

SK0394
921-1/10/29

GLOSSOP
SHREWSBURY STREET (West side)
The Old Chapel House and The Old School House

(Formerly listed as Glossop Joinery with attached walls and railings, previously listed as: SHREWSBURY STREET (West side) Premises occupied by Glossop Joinery Manufacturer)

27/01/78

II

Formerly known as: Methodist Chapel and Sunday School SHREWSBURY STREET.

Methodist chapel and adjoining sunday school, now industrial and commercial premises. 1855 converted C20. Ashlar with ashlar dressings to front elevation, coursed millstone grit to others. Welsh slate roofs.

PLAN: rectangular.

EXTERIOR: two storeys. Front of former church has ashlar three window facade topped with coped pediment with quatrefoil to apex. The centre bay slightly projecting below cornice level. Central round headed doorway in moulded ashlar surround with C20 glazed doors, flanked by single C20 bow windows. Above central Venetian window flanked by single round headed windows with recessed aprons, now boarded.

Right return has watershot masonry in diminishing courses and five windows. Console shaped corbels to eaves. Five 30-pane windows with above five 15-pane windows with recessed aprons. Former Sunday School set at right angles with gable front to road has symmetrical three window front with quatrefoil in gable. Central round headed doorway with double doors and Gothick fanlight, above large Venetian window with Gothick glazing, and sill on carved consoles. Either side single tall round headed windows with Gothick glazing. Small round headed doorway to left with subdivided fanlight.

Attached cast-iron railings to front boundary with central gate and fleur-de-lys finials.

Right return has five plain buttresses, to left inserted C20 window and to right large inserted entrance.

Rear elevation has louvred opening to apex of gable. Two central windows, flanked by two doorways, the outer ones taller. Above large Venetian window with Gothick glazing.

INTERIOR: church has wooden gallery to three sides, supported on cast-iron pillars. Moulded plaster cornices and elaborate ceiling roses. Sunday school has wall stencil "Sabbath Schools are England's Glory".

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to right corner boundary wall with ashlar coping and square gate piers with moulded pyramidal caps and cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials.

Listing NGR: SK0307694193

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