Former Manse to English Methodist Church

The Former Manse to the English Methodist Church is located on the corner of Bath Street and Brighton Road, right next to the church. Built in 1877, it served as the Manse until 1967 and has since been used as offices. The building is constructed of red brick with blue and yellow brick dressings, topped with a slate roof featuring scalloped bands and terracotta crestings. It showcases a Domestic Gothic style typical of manses and rectories.

This two-storey structure is asymmetrically planned, with the main elevation facing Bath Street. It features a two-window range and an advanced gable on the left side, which includes a two-storey rectangular bay window with four mullioned lights separated by a high transom. There is a panelled painted timberwork apron between the storeys. The half-hipped gable has bargeboards and a braced collar with foiled panelling above it. To the right, there is a single-storey bay window that is also mullioned and transomed, with a two-light casement window above.

The entrance is located in a lean-to glazed and timber porch on the left-hand return of the gable, facing Bath Street. It features a chamfered shouldered doorway with an overlight. The return side has continuous five-light glazing, with trefoiled mullions and quatrefoil lights above a high-set transom, all with painted glass in leaded lights. The wide gable on the Bath Street elevation has paired mullioned and transomed windows on each floor, with leaded lights and painted glass in the lower right-hand window. The ground floor windows have flat arched stone heads, while the upper windows feature cambered banded brick heads. The gable's bargeboards are connected by a collar and braced king post truss, and the rear slope of the gable extends over an outshut.

This building is recognized as a fine example of manse architecture and holds group value with the English Methodist Church.