The Methodist Church

NZ 5208 NW STOKESLEY THE METHODIST CHURCH

High Street (north side) 11-/10/10000

GV II

Methodist Church. 1866. Designed by Herbert Isitt of Bradford. Rock faced stone and brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with raised and coped gables with kneelers and finials. West gabled front has slightly projecting gab led porch, with pointed arched entrance with 2 shouldered doorways with plank doors, between a column and above a quatrefoil. Eitherside are single lancers and above a central 3 light pointed arched window with Geometric tracery, flanked by single lancers, above again in the gable 3 ring lancets. Eitherside of this facade single octagonal turrets topped with spires, eitherside curved single storey wings each with a 4 arch blind arcade, topped by a parapet with smaller octagonal turrets beyond. The side and rear walls are brick with plain ashlar dressings. The nave has alternating 2-light pointed arched windows and short lancets. Beyond a cross wing with parish rooms and meeting hall. Interior: Retains its original paneled wooden roof. West gallery over the porch supported on two ornate columns. The short chancel contains an ornate organ case. The eastern reading desk has been partly dismantled and moved. The nave retains most of its pews. Most of the windows contain late C19 stained glass.

Listing NGR: NZ5232908583