Methodist Church

BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET AND SIGNET (East Side) SP2512 (Enlargement) Methodist Church 7/71 (formerly listed as 12.9.55 Wesleyan Chapel)

GV II*

Non-conformist chapel, formerly town mansion. c.1720-30 for a member of the Jordan family, converted c.1849. Ashlar, slate roof with coped verges. Local baroque style. 2 storeys and basement. Channelled rusticated above basement, fluted and reeded pilasters dividing the front into 5 bays, full entablature and balustraded parapet over. Glazing bar sashes (1849 or C20) below struck voussoirs. 1st floor windows have shaped aprons below, segment-headed basement windows with keys. Central Gibbsian surround doorpiece with pulvinated frieze and pertinent; C20 panelled doors; transom light; 5 steps up to door, bridging over basement door (bolection surround) which is approached by curved flights of steps from the forecourt. To rear 7 close-spaced segment headed windows with flat raised quoins; the south side has wide part-blocked segmental entry. The rear doorway within the present stair lobby has pulvinated frieze and keystone. The rear basement has 3 hollow chamfered mullion windows. The interior was gutted for the Chapel in 1849. This was redesigned in 1949 has Thomas Rayson of Oxford with inspiration from St Stephen's Wallbrook - 4 Corinthian columns support a ciborium with chandelier. Up to 1849 large vases capped the parapet and the railings to the front steps (bought for Cornbury Park by Lord Churchill).

Listing NGR: SP2518012242