Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Chapel. 5 related planning applications.

Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
winter-ledge-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Chapel
Address
Methodist Chapel, West Street, Lanteglos, PL23 1PL
OS grid reference
SX 124 509
Coordinates
50.32868, -4.6365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chapel, now a Methodist Chapel, was built in 1880, as indicated by the foundation stone. It was designed by Mr Hicks of Redruth. The building is constructed of snecked grey limestone blocks with ashlar quoins and freestone dressings, topped with a slate roof. It is in a Free Gothic style.

The symmetrical gabled south front (facing the ritual west) features a central entrance within a coped gabled stone porch that has corner buttresses. The double doors are made of pitch pine with diagonal boarding and three panels. They are flanked by pilasters supporting a two-centred arch with foiled tracery in the tympanum. To either side of the porch are two engaged, octagonal turrets rising from tall square bases, extending above the gable apex. These turrets have engaged shafts near the top supporting blind arcading, surmounted by pinnacles that may have once had finials. Ground floor lancet windows with foiled tracery are located on either side of the porch. A large central rose window sits above the porch. The corners are defined by angle buttresses.

The interior retains its original configuration, with raked seating and pitch pine benches. A pitch pine rostrum is present, along with its rails. The interior also contains dado panelling, and the plastered ceiling has a hammer beam profile. Cast iron railings surround the property.

Local climate

Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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