Sidwell Street Methodist Church

SIDWELL STREET 1. 1092 (North West Side) St. Sidwell's Methodist Church 12/1A II.

1. Methodist Chapel. Architect F J Commin, Engineer for reinforced concrete work Paul Cottancin. Brick and reinforced concrete, some copper roofing. Large square chapel rising through octagonal lantern to circular cupola, all in a rich Edwardian Baroque style with Art Nouveau details and glass. Tripartite street elevation [in 2 storeys] with deep entry, lefts, under oriel and pediment; central lightly recessed with segmental pediment: brickwork is in stretched bond, walls possibly cavity work (see Howard article, below), all details, surrounds, cills etc., appear to be in cast concrete. 0n return, right, a second entry with deep segmental hood, and attached at rear a school room or Sunday School with lofty frontispiece crowned with broken pediment. The interior retains all original fittings, including screen and doors near street entry, but this moved forward, also pews, organ and organ-case pulpit, and holy fable. Lantern, in reinforced. concrete with 'Palladin' windows, has 8 heavy pendants, and balcony front with decorative pierced front. An unusually rich and complete chapel on the large scale, made particularly interesting because of early use of reinforced concrete for structure and details. (Margery Howard: Cottancin and an Exeter Church in concrete, Jan. 1977)

Listing NGR: SX9260593155