Wesley Methodist Church

HARTLEPOOL VICTORIA ROAD NZ 5032 (north side) 10/127 Wesley Methodist Church.

GV II

Church, 1871-73, by Hill and Swan. Brick with stone dressings and sandstone ashlar facing to principal east front. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys and basement. 5 bays to front. Flight of 12 stone steps leads up to Corinthian tetrastyle portico in middle 3 bays, with full entablature continued over end bays and supported on angle pilasters. Pediment with lunette surrounded by foliate ornament. Round-headed door and window openings with archivolts and impost mouldings continued as string courses. Leaded lights to end bays of which ground-floor windows have balustraded aprons. Sashes to first floor of middle bays and 3-panelled double doors below, with leaded-light fanlights. Band between floors; parapet with balustraded panels to end bays. Side elevations are of 7 bays. Blocked flat-arched basement windows and round-headed windows with stone hood-moulds and impost bands to ground and first floors. Leaded lights to ground-floor windows, sashes to first floor where stone sills are continued as band. Later church hall adjoining north-west corner is not of interest. Disused at time of survey, when the galleried interior had been extensively damaged.

Listing NGR: NZ5086432571