Saint Paul'S Methodist Chapel And Sunday School

SD 91 NW 4/27 11/7/83

CROMPTON ROCHDALE ROAD (north side) St. Paul's Methodist Chapel and Sunday School

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Chapel and Sunday school. 1863 by James Simpson, Sunday School of 1871 by John Wild of Oldham. Ashlar with slate roof.3-sided gallery plan with 5 x 6 bays and 2 storeys. The Sunday school adjoins the rear and has 4 x 7 bays and 2 storeys. Gable-pediment with modillion cornice and central oculus with volute enrichment. Rusticated corner pilasters. Central porch has corner antae and columns in antis supporting a bold entablature. Double panelled doors with overlight. Outer sash windows with raised segment-headed surrounds, keystones and light volute decoration. Round- arched first floor sash windows with marginal glazing bars have continuous sill band, pilasters and are keyed into a string above. Similar side windows with less enrichment. Cast-iron railings and gates around front enclosure. The Sunday school has a pediment over the central 3 bays which are slightly advanced. Bracketed eaves cornice. Doors in extreme bays with fanlights, pilaster surrounds and dropped keystones. Segment-headed ground floor windows and round- arched first floor windows have stone sills and dropped keystones. Central 3 first floor have open pediments. Oculus and garland in tympanum. C20 addition to rear. Interior: panelled gallery parapet on cast-iron columns. Arched organ loft. Panelled ceiling. Enriched plaster frieze includes shell motifs.

Listing NGR: SD9385309103