Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich (Former Woolwich Methodist Church)

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TQ 4378 20/W7

CALDERWOOD STREET No 1, Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich (Former Woolwich Methodist Church)

(Formerly listed as Woolwich Methodist Church, CALDERWOOD STREET SE18)

II 1816. Two storeys, five windows. Multicoloured stock brick. Three centre bays project slightly. Stone cornice broken back at sides. High, stone-coped brick parapet; and above this, over the three bay centre, a further cornice and pediment with blank round window. Windows on both floors round headed in round arched recesses. Stone first floor cill band and stuccoed band at first floor level. Six steps to prostyle Tuscan porch with blocking course above cornice. Five-bay returns have round arched windows but no recesses. All arches of gauged brick, all glazing replaced, as is central double entrance door. Cornice head and radial leaded fanlight to door under arch of equal width to recesses at either side. Stone plaque in centre of parapet "The Methodist Chapel, 1816." The Methodist chapel was converted into a Sikh place of worship during the late 1970s.

Listing NGR: TQ4329378845