Bethania Independent Chapel

Independent Chapel of 1910, unpainted stucco in Italianate/Classical style. Slate roof with bracketed eaves and terracotta ridge tiles. Deeply bracketed timber pediments to gable facade and centre of long wall to South Street. South Street elevation is 2-storey, 4-window, with pediment over 2 bays. Channelled plinth to right, accommodating slope of site, then channelled rusticated raised surrounds to windows, set in full-height vertical panels. Moulded sill courses to both floors. Channelled angle piers at ground floor, changed to paired pilasters at second storey level. Rear wall appears identical, but with lower fenestration blocked. Gabled entrance front has similar channelled angle piers and pilasters and first storey band, but is otherwise plainer. Ground floor altered with evidence of 3 blocked roundels above double wooden doors. Square headed windows to lower storey, arched headed to upper, without rustication but with keystones. Windows are smaller than those on street front. Keyed roundel to pediment. Attached schoolroom to left of South Street facade with stone gabled face, dated 1867. Simple arched door, flanked by pair of arched-headed windows, all with stone voussoirs.

Chapel not accessible at time of survey. Said to have 'Complete interior of 1910, galleried on three sides, capable of seating 1,200, an impressive sight.' (Newman) and also 'restrained Mackintosh-style' stained glass.