Former Methodist Church And Epworth Hall Adjoining To South

The building comprises a Methodist church and an earlier chapel attached to its south side, located in Coinagehall Street, Helston. The church was built in 1888, while the adjoining chapel dates back to the early 19th century. The front of the church is constructed from dressed grey Devon limestone with granite dressings, while the rear is of dressed granite with granite dressings. It features a slate roof with gabled ends, a half-hipped roof, and a semi-conical apse roof over the older chapel.

The church auditorium is rectangular, with galleries on four sides. Access to the galleries is from the liturgical west (north) end, and a rostrum stands at the opposite end, behind which is an organ chamber situated above a vestry. Attached to the south is the early 19th-century chapel, with its auditorium on the first floor and a semi-circular apse facing south.

The north front of the church is a two-storey structure of 1:2:1 bays, with a centrally advanced and pedimented section. It includes moulded strings, pilasters, and urns on the parapets. The first floor features round-arched windows with moulded extrados, imposts, and keyblocks, while the ground floor has segmental arches. A large central portico features a two-bay arcade on polished pink granite columns in antis, topped by a granite balustrade. Inside the portico are two round-headed doorways with panelled double doors. Returns on either side have a single bay with segmental arches on the ground floor and round-headed windows above. The older chapel shows round-headed sash windows on both the ground and first floors, and a semi-circular apse on its south side. The front area has granite piers and later railings.

The interior of the 1888 church auditorium retains its original, sumptuously decorated features, including panelled galleries supported by cast-iron columns, a fine wooden rostrum, and pilastered proscenium for the organ chamber above. An elaborate coffered plaster ceiling has a central decorative piece. Many of the original benches remain, alongside stained glass windows. The first-floor auditorium of the older chapel has a shallow vaulted plaster ceiling, and the apse has been converted into a stage with a panelled dado.

Historically, the 1888 church could accommodate nearly 1,000 people and cost approximately £5,000, including the cost of the site. Following its construction, the older chapel was used as a Sunday school, but it has since reverted to chapel use after the closure of the 1888 church section.