Treverva Methodist Church Including Ramp, Gate Piers, Gates, Walls And Railings At Road Frontage

The Treverva Methodist Church, together with its associated ramp, gate piers, gates, walls, and railings along the road frontage, dates to 1889. It is constructed of slightly rock-faced dressed granite, brought to course, with granite brick and freestone dressings. The roof is of dry Delabole slate, coated in bitumen, with gable ends. A chimney serves a later organ loft at the rear of the building. The chapel has a rectangular, aisle-less plan, with a schoolroom situated on the ground floor. The ritual east end is located at the south-west end of the chapel, while a large window is positioned at the front. An entrance porch, centrally located on the left-hand wall, is accessible via a ramp leading from a gateway at the road front. A canted organ loft was added later, in the 19th or 20th century. The chapel is designed in a Gothic style.

The exterior is largely unaltered, retaining original doors and windows in their original openings. The north-east front has a symmetrical three-bay design, with the central bay projecting forward. Brick string courses are present, along with three courses of moulded granite kneeler stones to the gables. The central bay features a large, five-light, pointed-arched freestone window with five lancets, a cinquefoil rose piercing a tympanum, and coloured leaded lights, set within a blind arcade of pointed arches. The window’s hoodmould is of polychrome brick and moulded freestone, topped by decorated terra cotta panels and a freestone finial. Ground floor windows, and those on other elevations, have brick dressings and shallow arches over the openings. Single-light windows in the flanking bays have granite lintels with relieving arches. The south-east front, which houses the entrance, features a central, two-storey, gable-ended porch with a four-panel door giving access to the chapel on the first floor. A ramp provides access to the doorway on the right. To the right of the gateway, a low wall is surmounted by railings; to the left, a higher coped wall includes a stepped granite stile. Original wrought-iron gates and railings, with scrolled decoration, are also present. The interior, which has not been inspected, retains original features and fittings.