Schoolroom Of Wesley Methodist Church

LAUNCESTON

SX3284 CASTLE STREET 660-1/4/30 (West side) 13/09/72 Schoolroom of Wesley Methodist Church (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (West side) Wesley Methodist Church School Room)

GV II

Schoolroom of nonconformist chapel. 1890 by Hine and Odgers of Plymouth, contractors W. Broad; painting and glazing by Oke of Launceston. Polychrome slatestone and other stone brought to course; granite quoins, otherwise Polyphant stone dressings; slate roof with coped front gable. Rectangular plan; schoolroom over reading room. 2 storeys; symmetrical 1-window (1st floor) range gable end facing street. Quatrefoil to gable with finial and kneelers over 5-light transomed mullioned window with original coloured glass to basket-arched lights and king mullions flanking central lights over central 4-centred arch doorway with original diamond-panelled door and blind overlight flanked by 2-light cross windows; stepped hoodmould over. Rendered side walls with segmental-arched openings with casements with glazing bars. INTERIOR: simple plastered walls and ceilings; boarded dado and panelled doors; stained glass memorial window by Fouracre to John Dingley. (Spencer-Toy H: The Methodist Church at Launceston: Launceston: 1964-).

Listing NGR: SX3313984706