Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Methodist Church
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 61 SE CINDERFORD BELLE VUE ROAD (east side) 10/24 Methodist Church
II
Methodist Church, 1849 (datestone): front ashlar, sides squared coursed masonry with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Large hall. Gable to road, plain plinth, small octagonal corner turrets rising to pinnacles above eaves level, one with foliate top surviving. Between a large, single gable with copings, and a duplicate moulding below following slope; foliate cross to ridge. The central porch has small corner buttresses, a gable with cross gablets to foot of coping; pointed moulded doorway with three nook shafts each side, and date plaque over. 3-light lower windows each side, 5-light above, all with Decorated tracery, sides have 2- light windows between buttresses, with ballflower carving in projecting eaves. Window in back wall reset in 1905 in church hall adjoining. Internally a lobby beneath a west gallery, supported on cast iron pillars. False hammer-beam roof trusses with pendentives. Small piece of glass over porch shows C. Wesley, apparently dates from 1849: rest of coloured glass later. Built as Wesley Methodist Chapel, later closed, reopened 1881 after renovation. Church hall and Sunday School not included. (Centenary Pamphlet, 1981).
Listing NGR: SO6582713980
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