Wesley Methodist Church

Wesley Methodist Church is an Art-Deco style chapel constructed in the 1920s, demonstrated by the commemorative tablet indicating the laying of foundation stones in 1929. The building is a single range with a basement, featuring three bays along its side walls and one bay at each end. It is built with Flemish bond brickwork, set beneath a shallow hipped roof covered in slate and wide boarded eaves, with pale stone dressings. The exterior is characterized by almost full-height brick pilasters marking the angles and framing the openings. Tall, five-light windows are present on the sides, featuring narrowly spaced, hollow-chamfered mullions and traceried heads. The window surrounds are heavily moulded with flat heads and raked sills, with the lower portions of the openings filled with herringbone brickwork. A single panelled door is located to the left of the south side, accessed via a bridge, and a single light is positioned to the far right. The pilasters extend down to the basement level, where they are wider and frame the basement windows. The basement windows are three-light affairs with horizontal glazing bars, divided by brick mullions consistent in style with the pilasters. These windows have flat heads with gauged brickwork.

The main entrance is at the east end, featuring central panelled double doors set within a wide, full-height stone surround, which incorporates a 15-light window above the door. The hollow-chamfered mullions continue down from the window, flanking the doorway, where they are infilled with herringbone brickwork. The large west window is also incorporated into a moulded stone surround, featuring two bands of herringbone brickwork between the mullions, one just above the sill. A corresponding five-light basement window sits below, divided by brick mullions and flanked by short, square piers.

Inside, an entrance vestibule at the east end is accessed via double doors with stained glass lights, and a staircase leads to a gallery. Two windows with stained glass in an Art-Nouveau style are positioned between the doors, and a large tablet commemorates the individuals who raised funds and laid the foundation stones. A wood-panelled gallery front now supports an organ, which was relocated from Bristol in the late 20th century. The church retains its original pews. A large, wood-panelled pulpit is located at the west end, with steps on either side leading to a gallery. In front of the pulpit is a small communion table and a moulded communion rail with decorative ironwork panels below. Doors to the sides of the west end provide access to vestry and service areas. A small side door leads out to the south, serving as the current entrance. The stained glass in the tracery lights of the windows displays geometrical patterns in yellow, pink, and orange, intended to complement the walls and ceilings. A moulded ceiling cornice completes the interior.