Description

BLANCHLAND BAYBRIDGE
NY 95 SE
15/3 Methodist Chapel

GV II

Methodist Chapel, dated 1867 on porch, probably by S.S. Teulon. Rock-faced
stone with tooled-and-margined dressings; roof blue slate above purple.
Rectangular chapel with south-east porch, south-west vestry and north-west
schoolroom wing. Free Gothic style; chamfered plinth, stepped buttresses
between bays and set diagonally at angles, triangular heads to all openings,
moulded corbels to eaves; gables with overlapped slab coping and elaborate
moulded and gabled kneelers. South elevation 6 bays; projecting porch in bay
6 has boarded door with scrolly ironwork in double-chamfered surround, beneath
inscription 'WESLEYAN PROVIDENCE CHAPEL' and date; projecting vestry in bay 1
has central stepped stack carrying hooded lantern with pyramidal cap. Main
chapel has lancet windows and steeply-pitched roof with ridge capped by row of
fleur-de-lys and 2 louvres; western louvre and east gable carry elaborate
wrought-iron finials. Gabled returns show triplets of stepped lancets; to rear,
extruded canted projection (privy/store) in angle of chapel and wing shows
boarded door flanked by small windows.

Listing NGR: NY9570850060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297496

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)