Methodist Church (EHER 25478)

A Methodist Church built around 1807 in white brick, with stone dressings, plastered returns, and grey slate roof. It is two storeys and formed of five bays, the upper storeys set back.

A Methodist Church built around 1807 in white brick, with stone dressings, plastered returns, and grey slate roof. It is two storeys and formed of five bays, the upper storeys set back. The ground floor, is pilastered, parapeted and corniced end bays, each with a central window with glazing bars and margins, brick surrounds. In line stone cornice to open portico, two fluted columns with capitals and bases resting on dwarf walls which become plinths to end bays. There is a step approach between the columns, and four panelled doors to end bays. Round headed windows with glazing bars to right and left of central panelled doors, round headed fanlight with glazing bars over, right and left brick pilasters. The first floor has outer bays of two stepped blocks, outer with stone cornices and parapets and angle pilasters, taller inner blocks with brick cornices and parapets. The central arcade is of three round headed windows with glazing bars, pilasters between and to right and left, cornice over frieze with centre panel reading Methodist Church, moulded pediment over surmounted by a painted cupola. Square base, sunk chamfered angles continued through moulded cornice and tall dome. It has an elaborate weathervane, louvres to main faces. The full height second bay to returns are plastered, upper windows with glazing bars and margins, ground floor vertically boarded door to left, blocked to right. The plastered returns are of two storeys and four bays, eaves band, pilasters between windows and band below lower windows, panels between upper and lower windows. The lower windows are rectangular, with upper with round heads, all with glazing bars and margins. <1> Additional references <2> <3>