Carharrack Methodist Church

Carharrack Methodist Church is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dated 1815 in the gable, and has undergone alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The building is constructed of uncoursed killas rubble with granite dressings; the front is rendered, while the sides and rear are cement-washed. It has a rectangular plan with a shallow apse at the rear and stands two storeys high with five bays across. The symmetrical facade features a pediment, a plinth, a cornice, and large raised corner pilasters with sunk round-headed panels and coped upstands above the cornice. The wide central doorway is framed by Tuscan pilasters and a plain frieze and cornice. Above, there are two first-floor windows with raised sills and floating cornices on fluted consoles; these were originally sashed but are now fitted with two round-headed lights containing stained glass. A plain roundel in the pediment displays the raised date "1815". The side walls have square-headed windows similar to those at the front, and there is an added wing attached to the fifth bay on the right side, which is not of special interest. The apse at the rear features rounded corners and two tall round-headed windows with intersecting glazing bars.

Inside, the church has a horseshoe gallery with a panelled front, supported by wooden Tuscan columns, and is fully furnished with three tiers of original box pews that have ramped sides and doors with H-hinges. There are also six turned lamp-standards with oil-lamps. The original "City Road" arrangement of the communion rail behind the pulpit has been reversed, but fragments of the original remain behind the inserted rostrum. The windows in the apse have cornices with fluted consoles, although these are now concealed from the main body of the church by the organ.

Historically, this church replaced an octagonal chapel built in 1770 and is modelled on Wesley's City Road chapel, similar to the Camborne Centenary Chapel on Wesley Street in Camborne.