Leedstown Methodist Church, Schoolroom And Courtyard Walls At The Front

The Leedstown Methodist Church, along with its forecourt walls, gate piers, and gates, and a later schoolroom, dates to 1862, with the schoolroom added circa the late 19th century. The church is constructed of granite ashlar with rock-faced rusticated quoins, rusticated jambstones and voussoirs, granite sills, and a moulded granite pediment cornice. The roofs are of dry Delabole slate with gable ends. The building follows a rectangular, aisless plan and includes a gallery on four sides. The ritual east end faces southwest, and a large schoolroom has been added to that side.

The north-east entrance front is symmetrical, featuring a triangular gable pediment with a moulded cornice, an apex finial, all in granite, and is arranged with three windows. The ground floor has two entrances with double, three-panel doors and fanlights above. A leaded window with coloured glass sits above the entrances. Symmetrical side elevations contain three windows to both the ground and first floors. First floor windows, and those on the side elevations, are original round-headed hornless sash windows with glazing bars in a radial pattern at the top. Oculus windows with coloured glass at the rear of the chapel have been converted from original round-headed openings.

The interior remains largely original, with fittings dating to the late 19th century. A nearly oval gallery is supported by wooden Doric columns, with a cantilevered panelled front extending on scrolled brackets. The flat plaster ceiling features a moulded cornice and a large central rose with concentric moulded bands and carved acanthus and strapwork decoration. The pulpit has a bowed centre and terminal pilasters, flanked by geometric open-string stairs with winders; ornate cast iron balusters to the stairs and balustrade panels to the pulpit front. The pews are of pitch pine with shaped and chamfered ends. Coloured glass side windows are memorials to the Trewella family of Carsize, while the central front window is a war memorial. Within the schoolroom, exposed arched bracing is carried on granite corbels.

The front forecourt walls consist of chamfered granite plinths, formerly with iron railings. A wide central gateway is defined by round-headed granite monolith piers and terminal piers with ogee caps, featuring 20th-century iron gates.