John Wesley'S House And Attached Railings

John Wesley's House is a terraced house located on City Road in Islington. It served as the residence of John Wesley from 1779 to 1791 and is now the Wesley Museum. The house was built in 1779 and underwent extensive reconstruction in the 1890s when it became a museum. It features yellow brick set in Flemish bond with dressings of stucco, stone, and Coade stone, topped with a slate roof. The building has four storeys over a basement and a three-window range.

The entrance, located to the left, has a flat arch with a stone architrave and cornice. The doorcase includes a fluted frieze and an overlight with fan-shaped decorative glazing, along with panelled doors of original design. All windows are flat-arched with 6/6 sashes, except for those on the third floor. A frieze of Vitruvian scrolls in Coade stone forms a band above the ground floor, and there is a parapet. The left-hand return has a four-window range that is blank. The area railings feature pinched spike finials.

Inside, the entrance hall has a panelled dado and cornice. The staircase includes a panelled dado, plain newel posts, stick balusters, and an exposed string. The front and back rooms on the ground, first, and second floors retain original architraves on the doors, panelled dadoes, panelled window shutters, cornices, and wooden fireplaces of modest Classical design. The back rooms and the second-floor front room have fitted cupboards flanking the fireplace, and the first- and second-floor front rooms and the second-floor back room feature fine cast-iron grates. The first-floor front room has a more elaborate cornice, and there is a closet for private prayer on the first floor, which includes a panelled dado, cornice, fitted cupboard, and a fireplace with a cast-iron grate of Classical design.