Methodist Church And Sunday School With Front Walls Steps Railings And Gates

The building comprises a Methodist Church and Sunday School with associated front walls, steps, railings, and gates, constructed in 1811 with a refronting in 1825 and later 19th-century alterations. It is built of coursed squared gritstone with a graduated stone slate roof. The Sunday School is attached to the left, with quoins visible on its left side.

The church is of two storeys and three bays, with a gable facing the street. It stands raised above street level. The central entrance features double board doors within a projecting round-arched surround, topped with a keystone and blind fanlight. Flanking the entrance are six-pane windows with margin lights, similarly set within round-arched surrounds and blind fanlights. The first floor mirrors the ground floor, with three round-headed six-pane windows. A projecting band runs along the sill and eaves. The gable has shaped kneelers and coping.

The single-storey, two-bay Sunday School is raised above a half-basement. The main floor has a central six-panel door within a plain stone surround and cornice, flanked by tall, two-light, flat-faced mullion windows with eight-pane sashes. The basement exhibits a board door and window to the right, with a likely blocked opening to the left of the central steps. Stone gutter brackets are present, along with a tall ashlar stack on the ridge to the left and a shorter stack to the rear ridge, right, potentially rising from the church eaves.

Flights of approximately eight steps provide access to both the church and school doors. The church forecourt features flanking walls approximately 2 metres high, stepped down across the front to eight courses, reaching around 1.5 metres, and capped with ridged coping stones. Single blocks flank the gateway. The railings are wavy, topped with acorn finials. The double gates have bars, dog-bars, single lock rails, and scrolled tops. The school's front wall is approximately 1 metre high, featuring a single block pier at the gate and stepping up on the left to meet the building’s frontage. Bulbous standards support ornate scrolled balusters flanking the steps and a handrail.

Inside the church, five probably original cast-iron pillars support a gallery, accessible via stairs to the left and right of the entrance lobby. The church contains 1825 and late 19th-century furnishings, including a large organ at the east end. The Sunday School interior features a boarded inner porch, a large single room, and a small iron grate against the left wall. I. Goldthorpe’s 1988 booklet, “One Hundred Things to see on a walk through Grassington,” offers further detail about the building.