Methodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Church.

Methodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and Gate

WRENN ID
hollow-pier-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Church
Address
Methodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and Gate, High Street, Rode
OS grid reference
ST 803 537
Coordinates
51.28286, -2.28283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Methodist Church, dated 1809, features coursed and squared rubble with rusticated ashlar quoins. It has a coped gable front and a double-Roman tile roof that runs at right angles to the facade. The church is two stories high and has three bays, with sash windows that have semi-circular heads in plain stone surrounds, highlighted by keystones and imposts. There is a plain band at the first floor level and above the first floor windows, with the lower windows displaying painted lettering that reads "Methodist Church." The central door opening is framed by a chamfered stone surround with an emphasised keystone, leading to double three-panelled doors topped by a triangular pediment on cut stone brackets. To the right side of the forecourt is a rubble wall with dressed capping, and there are central ashlar gate piers with a single railed gate, each rail ending in a spearhead. The interior is galleried and predominantly features late 19th-century elements.

Local climate

Methodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and Gate receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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