Methodist Chapel

BLANCHLAND BAYBRIDGE NY 95 SE 15/3 Methodist Chapel

GV II

Methodist Chapel, dated 1867 on porch, probably by S.S. Teulon. Rock-faced stone with tooled-and-margined dressings; roof blue slate above purple. Rectangular chapel with south-east porch, south-west vestry and north-west schoolroom wing. Free Gothic style; chamfered plinth, stepped buttresses between bays and set diagonally at angles, triangular heads to all openings, moulded corbels to eaves; gables with overlapped slab coping and elaborate moulded and gabled kneelers. South elevation 6 bays; projecting porch in bay 6 has boarded door with scrolly ironwork in double-chamfered surround, beneath inscription 'WESLEYAN PROVIDENCE CHAPEL' and date; projecting vestry in bay 1 has central stepped stack carrying hooded lantern with pyramidal cap. Main chapel has lancet windows and steeply-pitched roof with ridge capped by row of fleur-de-lys and 2 louvres; western louvre and east gable carry elaborate wrought-iron finials. Gabled returns show triplets of stepped lancets; to rear, extruded canted projection (privy/store) in angle of chapel and wing shows boarded door flanked by small windows.

Listing NGR: NY9570850060