Priory Methodist Church

Priory Methodist Church is a Methodist church built in 1832 by William Hurst, with some minor later alterations. It is constructed of painted ashlar and stucco, topped with a slate roof. The building features a large galleried hall at the rear, accessible from a central hallway with side staircases. It stands two storeys tall and has five bays. The ground floor has a plinth and horizontal rustication, with the three central bays slightly advanced and a taller central bay flanked by narrower, recessed bays. Each bay is adorned with rusticated corner pilasters, a frieze with triglyphs above the pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course. The central bay includes an anthemion. The elaborately panelled double leaf doors are set below panelled lintels and radial glazed fan lights, all within semi-circular openings featuring rusticated voussoirs. The side bays contain 25-pane sash windows below flat arches of rusticated voussoirs. A wide band runs along the first floor, with a narrow sill band beneath five pilastered, semi-circular headed windows set in recesses, featuring 19th-century leaded glazing. The eaves have a plain frieze and moulded cornice above. The parapet has a moulded plinth and steps up over the central three bays, which includes a long recessed panel inscribed 'Priory Methodist Church', topped with a cornice and a blocking course inscribed with the year 1832, along with a central anthemion. The side bay parapets have smaller recessed panels and moulded copings. The roof is hipped.

Inside, there are open well staircases on either side of the hall, featuring barley twist balusters. The chapel has a panelled gallery on all four sides with curved ends, supported by thin cast iron columns. At the far end, there is an apse flanked by paired giant pilasters. The original ceiling features a large rose and a medallioned cornice, although many of these details are now obscured by a lower 20th-century ceiling.