Caistor Methodist Chapel

TA 1001-1101 CAISTOR CHAPEL STREET

9/41 Caistor Methodist Chapel

G.V. II

Chapel, circa 1840, red brick, ashlar dressings, slate roof with 2 wall stacks. Basement with 2 storey 3 bay front, deep plinth upon which 4 pilaster rest which divide the facade into 3 irregular bays, the central bay being wider than the flankers. The pilasters rise up to roll moulded capitals with a frieze and a full stone lined pediment in the centre of which is a pierced stone roundel. Second floor brick band. Basement has a central plain door with 5 pane overlight flanked by single glazing bar sashes having slightly segmental stone lintels. On the first floor is a central triple window with moulded capitals and arches, 5 panes with stained glass borders. Flanked by single double windows in a similar but plainer style. The second floor matches the first. Between the first and the second floors is a stone tablet inscribed 'Wesleyan Chapel'. Right side has 4 bays with pilasters, each panel. having dentillated cornice and first floor band and containing single sashes at ground and first floor levels having moulded brick heads, with gabled porch dated 1900 at left. Inside, a complete first floor gallery in the form of a flattened oval, panelled wood front, the whole supported on iron stanchions in the form of baseless round Tuscan columns. Pews are original, but reader's desk is later. 2 staircases outside the main hall have plain square section balusters, curling handrails and open treads. Upstairs all is grained and painted to resemble good deal; a complete set of box pews. Ceiling has a decorative plaster rose at its centre with acanthus leaves and round the margins of the ceiling is a pierced decorative iron ventilator grille.

Listing NGR: TA1176801376