The Old Chapel

The Old Chapel is a building that was originally constructed before 1828 as a Sunday School for Thomas Parker of Warwick Hall. It features red sandstone ashlar front walls, with coursed rubble and brick arched windows on the sides, and a slate roof. The structure is a large Greek Revival school that stands two storeys high, flanked by two single-storey wings, each with two bays. The corners have plain pilasters, and there is a pedimented gable made of moulded stone above. The entrance, which is 4 metres high, is designed in a Grecian style with a moulded surround and cornice supported by ornamental console brackets. There is a circular opening in the centre of the pediment, likely intended for a clock. The wings have pedimented slated gables at the front and feature sash windows with glazing bars, except for one window that has been replaced by a 20th-century casement with single panes. By 1847, the building was being used as a Wesleyan Chapel. Notably, Pevsner's "Buildings of England" mistakenly refers to it as formerly Methodist.