Copse Road Chapel And Attached Hall

This is a Congregational Free Church, built in 1851, and attributed to Foster and Wood of Bristol. It is constructed from limestone rubble in two colours, with freestone dressings. The roof is covered in concrete tiles, featuring open pedimental gable ends, bracketed deep eaves, and verges. The building is of Italianate style.

The original plan includes an auditorium oriented north-south, with a rostrum at the north end and a gallery at the south end. A transept, now partitioned off, is situated on the north end of the east side, alongside an entrance vestibule, a gallery staircase, and church rooms. A cellar lies beneath the north end of the building. In 1877, a hall was added to the west side.

The south front features a tall tripartite round-headed window with a keyblock, transom, and bracketed sill which continues as a band to the left and right; it also has window frames with margin panes. A lower range on the right has a hipped roof with modillion eaves and a round-headed doorway with a keystone, imposts, and recessed panels which incorporate narrow round-headed side lights. The east return of this section features pairs of round-headed windows. The transept to the right has an open pedimental gable, an oculus, and two tall round-headed windows. Both the north end and the west side of the building feature similarly gabled windows and a rounded window with a further gable to the left. The hall on the west side has tripartite round-headed windows, a moulded string at impost level, a cornice above, and features the date 1877 and anthemion antefixae. A hipped roof with a wooden clerestory completes the hall.

Internally, the church has an open timber roof with carved tie-beams resting on corbels. The gallery has a timber and wrought-iron balustrade, now glazed underneath. A rostrum displays coffered panels and pilastered corners. The seating has been replaced and the transept is now partitioned off from the auditorium. The vestibule incorporates a gallery staircase with twisted balusters and the hall has a scissor-braced roof.