Church Of St Clement (Methodist)

The Church of St Clement, a Methodist chapel located in Mousehole, was founded in 1784 and enlarged in 1814. It underwent internal remodeling in 1844, had its windows changed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was rendered on the exterior around 1905.

The chapel features rubble walls with unpainted render or stucco, showcasing moulded details and rustication on the ground floor. It has a dry slate roof with widely spaced eaves modillions. The building is designed with a ritual east end to the south, housing a pulpit and organ loft that connect to a horseshoe-shaped gallery. The entrance is at the north, leading into a hall flanked by staircases. The two-storey elevations are adorned with semi-circular arched windows featuring coloured leaded glazing. Architectural details include a moulded plinth, a mid-floor entablature, fluted pilasters at the first-floor windows, a moulded impost string, and moulded archivolts. The symmetrical three-bay entrance front has a wide central doorway topped with a leaded spoked fanlight above a pair of panelled doors, while the side elevations consist of four bays. A small porch is located at the angle with the organ loft on the south elevation.

Inside, the chapel boasts a complete and fine interior dating from around 1834. It includes a full set of seating with grained box pews and a horseshoe gallery supported by slender columns with stylised Ionic capitals. The panelled gallery front projects on brackets beneath a dentilled cornice. Straight-flight stairs with fret-cut brackets and an arched balustrade flank the pulpit, which features a bowed and panelled front flanked by rococo-style metal grills above fluted Doric columns. Paired and fluted Ionic columns support beams that frame the organ loft behind the pulpit. The interior is enhanced by a moulded cornice throughout and large ceiling roses with acanthus detail.

The chapel also contains fine late 19th and early 20th-century patterned stained glass, depicting figures such as Wesley, Bunyan, and Wycliffe. Memorials include a World War 1 tablet by Snell and a commemorative corner for the lost Penlee lifeboat and her crew. This chapel is noted for its unusually fine and complete interior and fittings from around 1844.