Methodist Church And Attached Hiouse

This is a Methodist church with an attached house, dating from 1863, with the minister’s house added slightly later. The church is constructed of stone rubble, partly rendered, with brick dressings and rusticated granite quoins. It has a rippled slate roof with ridge tiles. The attached house is of stone rubble with granite dressings and a hipped slate roof with rendered stacks to the sides.

The church’s plan is a rectangular auditorium with a ritual east-facing front. The front elevation features a central shallow brick porch with double panelled doors and a fanlight containing decorative glazing bars and the date 1863 in the spandrels. Flanking the doors are tall 32-pane lights with round brick heads and a brick Gibbs surround topped with granite keystones. The first floor has four 16-pane sashes with round heads and Gothic glazing bars, similarly adorned with surrounds. The left side of the church has four bays with 16-pane sashes at ground and first floor, set within cambered brick heads and granite keystones. The right side of the church is rendered, featuring two 16-pane sashes at ground and first floor. The upper wall of the church is slate-hung above the attached house. The attached house is two storeys high, with three plate-glass sash windows and a central 20th-century porch and door. A small, single-storey 20th-century addition is set to the left side, with a blocked door featuring a granite lintel on the right. The rear of the church has three similar sashes at first floor and panelled double doors and two 20-pane lights to the ground floor.

Inside, the entrance lobby is screened from the auditorium, and a curving staircase leads to the gallery on the right and left. The gallery is supported by slender wooden piers and features a panelled front with a modillion cornice. The roof is ceiled. The rostrum is faced with faux marbre and features an arcade of three round arches, with a staircase to the right, displaying turned balusters. A balustrade defines the reader's desk, and a raised dais at the rear accommodates the organ. The auditorium contains plain pitch pine panelled pews, while the gallery has raked panelled pews. The schoolroom at the rear retains its original wooden benches, and a straight staircase leads off to the left side.