Camborne Centenary Methodist Church With Forecourt Walls And Railings

The Camborne Centenary Methodist Church, formerly Camborne Centenary Methodist Chapel, dates to 1839, with later alterations likely occurring in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of rendered material, with the front and right-hand side scored and built on a rubble base. It features a slate roof. Originally a simple design with six Doric giant pilasters, a triglyph entablature, and a pediment displaying the name and date, the facade has been altered to create a central emphasis. The central three bays now project slightly, with a tetrastyle Roman Doric porch protecting an inserted doorway. Raised lettering “CENTENARY WESLEYAN CHURCH” appears on the frieze, and the original pediment retains the date "1839" in a roundel flanked by foliated scrolls. The pilasters are now Corinthian, and the ground floor exhibits channelled rustication with joggled voussoirs for the doorway and windows. The first-floor windows have moulded architraves with keystones, and the flanking porches now have segmental pediments. All windows now have round-headed lights and circular tracery. The side walls, four bays each, have square-headed windows at ground floor (three on the right), with round-headed windows above. The interior retains a horseshoe gallery supported by cast-iron Tuscan columns with coupled brackets. A basket-arched apse is filled at gallery level by a large organ. The original "City Road" arrangement of the communion rail, located behind the pulpit, has been altered with the installation of a rostrum and front altar, also surrounded by a communion rail. The forecourt walls and railings appear original; rendered sidewalls have rounded coping, the left side ramped. The front is enclosed by cast-iron railings and gates with fleur-de-lys heads and dog bars, mounted on a low granite ashlar plinth and supported by square piers with swept pyramidal caps. The attached Sunday School at the rear is not of specific architectural interest.