3, Well Street

No. 3 Well Street is a former Nonconformist chapel, originally known as the Meeting House of Plymouth Brethren. It was built in 1726, enlarged in the early 19th century, and altered in the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with limestone dressings at the front, while the body is made of coursed limestone rubble. It features hipped plain-tile roofs that are concealed by a parapet at the front and has a rectangular plan.

The structure is two stories high with a three-window front. The wide central garage entrance, which has double-leaf doors, is flanked by windows that have round-arched heads and raised stone surrounds with imposts. The heads of these windows feature small leaded panes arranged in a fanlight pattern. To the left of the entrance is a C20 three-light window below a stepped stone sill, while the sill of the window to the right has been altered to accommodate a C20 glazed door, accessed by three stone steps. The first-floor windows also have small leaded panes and raised stone surrounds with segmental-arched heads, key blocks, and stepped stone sills. The building has a partly rendered coursed squared limestone plinth, and the central bay slightly projects forward, featuring a stepped stone first-floor string course and full-height brick pilaster strips at either end. A hollow-chamfered stone cornice and a stone-coped parapet complete the exterior.

Inside, the space is now divided horizontally, with a floor that incorporates remnants of a gallery around three sides. Early 19th-century staircases leading to the former gallery are located at the front corners. The roof structure of the original core remains intact. The front of the building was extended by 10 feet during the early 19th-century alterations, likely reusing earlier dressings. Originally built for a Presbyterian congregation, it later became an Independent congregation around 1700. The last use of the building as a meeting house was by the Plymouth Brethren, who met on the upper floor.