Centenary Methodist Chapel

SE 8000-8100 OWSTON FERRY HIGH STREET (north side, off)

21/138 Centenary Methodist Chapel

• II

Centenary Methodist chapel. 1837. Red brick, with front of red stock brick in Flemish bond, ashlar dressings. Concrete tile roof. Rectangular on plan, with canted apse for organ chamber at east end. 2 storeys, 3 bays; symmetrical. Plinth. Angle pilasters. 3 steps to round-headed entrance with double panelled doors and fanlight with glazing bars beneath rubbed- brick arch, flanked by round-headed windows with sills and glazing bars beneath brick arches. First-floor band. First floor has central Venetian window with ashlar dressings, flanked by round-headed windows similar to ground floor. Narrow band above. Gable has central rectangular recessed stucco panel flanked by smaller similar panels; central oval tablet above with moulded border and date. 2-bay sides and rear have segmental and round-headed windows. Interior. Fluted octagonal columns supporting gallery to all 4 sides, with coved underside and panelled front with moulded plinth, fluted pilasters and corniced rail. Large panelled pulpit and staircase with balustrade of slender column-on-vase balusters with square knops. Pilastered elliptical arch to organ chamber. Ceiling has ribbed plaster cornice and central moulded rose surrounded with smaller roses. Lobby has twin staircases to gallery with turned balusters. N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, p 334.

Listing NGR: SE8110200206