St.Pauls Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Church

St. Paul's Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Church is a robust classical building dating from 1879. It features a two-storey, five-bay pedimented front made of rubble masonry with a significant amount of freestone dressings. The church has a slate roof and brick chimney stacks, along with a broken parapet. The facade includes a swept-out modillion cornice and an egg and dart cornice on the pediment, which displays a shield dated 1879.

The central bays are set back and feature a coved projection divided by giant order Corinthian columns in antis, with square piers at the angles. The deeply recessed horned sash windows have marginal glazing bars and architraves, with a segmental lintel above the central bay and scrolled crests on the flanking windows. The arched entrances are covered with panelled and bracketed aprons, featuring keystones, traceried fanlights, and panelled double doors. The outer bays are advanced and have two-order arched recesses with similar glazing on both storeys. The first floor includes keystones, acanthus impost bands, and panelled pilasters, while fretwork impost bands and channelled pilasters are present on the lampstands and other ironwork, created by McFarlane and Co of Glasgow. The facade wraps around the corners to a depth of one bay, with a school room adjoining to the right. At the rear, there is a polygonal apse with a courtyard leading to No 5 Princess Street.

Inside, the church has a rectangular classical scribed render interior with a raked gallery. The panelled ceiling features deep ribs supported by corbels, along with foliage roundels and a rose. Hoodmoulds adorn the side windows, and pediments are present over the front windows. The panelled gallery front is supported by fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. There is a balustraded rail to the platform and panelled detail on the great seat, with a giant arch behind that opens into an apsidal organ chamber featuring an egg and dart ribbed ceiling. The organ was made by Theophilus Hall of Oldham. Additionally, broken pieces of external masonry ornament have been collected in the lobby.