Methodist Church including railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Church.
Methodist Church including railings
- WRENN ID
- stranded-cloister-snow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Methodist Church including railings, Chapel Street, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 473 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11703, -5.53514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church on Chapel Street in Penzance, built in the mid-19th century, is constructed from granite ashlar. It features a two-storey front with seven windows that have semi-circular heads. The central parapet is raised, and there is a cornice along the top. The building has quoins at the corners. On the ground floor, there are wide semi-circular entrances that include fanlights and panelled double doors. A Tuscan colonnade with an entablature supports projecting rusticated porches at either end, which have flat pilaster quoins and semi-circular headed windows.
The church also includes iron railings in the forecourt, which are accompanied by lamp standards. The Methodist Church, along with Nos 15 to 18, forms a group of buildings.
Local climate
Methodist Church including railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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