The Methodist Church and Hall Immediately East and Boundary Walls to West and North is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Church.
The Methodist Church and Hall Immediately East and Boundary Walls to West and North
- WRENN ID
- tall-cornice-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Methodist Church and Hall Immediately East and Boundary Walls to West and North, High Street, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 028 786
- Coordinates
- 50.60788, -1.96097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methodist Church and Hall, built in 1886 by architects Bucknell and Jennings, is an impressive structure made of Purbeck Stone with a slate roof, located on the south side of High Street. The main north front features a Flamboyant Gothic style, highlighted by a central entrance door with a flattened ogee arch, which is accessed by a flight of stone steps. Above the entrance is a large west window adorned with flowing tracery, and further up in the gable is a circular window. The gable parapet is decorated with crockets and pinnacles. To the east of the entrance, there is a square tower with octagonal upper storeys and a spire, rising from behind an ornamental parapet with pinnacles. The other windows on the main north front are either single or paired lights with elliptical heads and hood moulds, while the side elevation features plain lancet windows.
Adjacent to the church is the Hall and Sunday School, constructed in 1907, which shares a similar style and materials with the church. The buildings are set back from the street in a forecourt, enclosed by Purbeck Stone walls, complete with stone gate piers and simple iron gates. A stone set into the boundary wall is inscribed "Built 1807, enlarged 1842," likely referring to an earlier church that once occupied the site. This building is an important landmark in the street.
Local climate
The Methodist Church and Hall Immediately East and Boundary Walls to West and North receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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