Wesleyan Methodist Church

The Wesleyan Methodist Church, built in 1804 and with an addition circa 1845, was designed by W Jenkins. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The exterior features a plinth, impost bands, a first-floor band, modillion eaves, a pediment, and coped gables. The windows are eight-pane sashes set in round-headed recesses. The west front has a projecting three-bay centre with a pediment containing an inscribed tablet, topped by a five-bay gable with a roundel. A central Venetian window is present. The doorcase has engaged Tuscan columns and an open pediment, leading to two-leaf panelled doors and a fanlight. Six windows are positioned on either side of the entrance. A round-headed doorway with a fanlight is located to the east of the ground floor windows. A two-story rear addition, arranged as a cross-wing, includes pedimented gables, each with two recessed round-headed plain sashes on each floor. The rear elevation features a closed pediment and six similar flush windows arranged in a 1:4:1 pattern, with an off-centre round-headed door, two windows to the left, and a single window to the right.

The interior is rendered and contains a central, wood-panelled entrance hall with glazed doors. A bronze centenary memorial tablet, set in a marble surround, is located within the hall. Lobbies on either side feature L-plan wooden stairs with stick balusters. The church body is characterized by a segment-headed recess with an eared architrave, flanked by pilasters with Commandment boards. Further single doors and round-headed recesses are present. Above, fluted Ionic pilasters frame the organ opening, which is highlighted by a bow-fronted organ case dating from 1902. A single door is positioned on each side of the rear wall. The single-panel ceiling has a moulded edge, a large central boss, and a modillion cornice. A gallery wraps around the room, featuring rounded corners and round wooden posts with octagonal feet, along with a fielded panelled front, a dentil cornice, and a top rail. The church includes an early 20th-century wooden pulpit in a Baroque Revival style, with paired Ionic columns and a projecting centre. A curved stair with a cast-iron balustrade, a U-plan cast-iron communion rail, a moulded wooden top, and a classical-style wooden lectern and panelled communion table are also present. Matchboard pews are throughout, and benches are located in the gallery. Memorials include a marble wall tablet (1830) with splayed corners, portrait medallions, and a bust; an ogee-headed Gothic wall tablet with a portrait medallion (1837); and ten 19th-century marble tablets, mostly in a Classical style. The building is noted for its exceptionally large, single-span timber roof.