Welsh Presbyterian Church And Forecourt Wall And Railings

The Welsh Presbyterian Church, built in 1866 by architects W and G Audsley from Liverpool, features a simple rectangular plan with a full-width east apse and a narrower one-storey narthex to the west. The church is constructed from tooled coursed yellow sandstone at the front, with brick sides and rear.

The narthex is notable for its octagonal corner piers and two polished granite columns, supporting three pointed arches at the front, which include a central false gable and arches on either side. It has two boarded doors with ornate wrought-iron hinges, a quatrefoil parapet, two corbel heads, and dragon gargoyles. Each side of the narthex has a lancet window, and stepped buttresses are present at the corners. A large rose window with colonnette spokes is set in a recessed panel, flanked by colonnette on each jamb, with a lancet window near the gable apex topped by a cruciform finial.

The sides of the church feature an unpierced stone west bay, followed by brickwork adorned with red and blue brick bands, and five 2-light windows with plate tracery. Similar windows are found in the oblique faces of the apse, along with an octafoil window on the east face. The roof is made of green and purple banded slate.

The paved forecourt includes a stone wall with three simple wrought-iron gates and four panels of wrought-iron railings. The interior was not inspected.