Description

SD 8913 NE ROCHDALE HOPE STREET

10/72 Hope Chapel and
Parsons House

G.V. II*

Includes Parson's House No. 21 Wilson Street. Chapel and
Parson's house (now caretakers house). 1810, extended
towards Hope Street in 1848, datestones to front and rear.
Brick with rendering in places, stone dressings and slate
roof. Meeting hall with four-sided gallery the organ being
housed on the fourth side with vestry beneath. The central
door opens into a hall which gives access to the balconies
by means of side stairs. The parson's house is attached to
the Wilson Street end. 2 storeys, 3 bays, stone plinth and
banding, two tiers of windows under giant arches with
moulded architrave, keystone and stone panel separating the
windows. There were formerly two door openings to either
side of the central window but is now a central one. Stone
cornice and parapet. Side elevation: the double gable
defines the building of 1810 right and 1848 left. The
parson's house is of 2 bays and 3 storeys, built at two
dates, with stone sills and lintels and a hipped roof. The
interior fittings are in excellent condition and include
communion rail with cast iron balusters, central pulpit, box
pews which curve round three sides of auditorium and
gallery, panelled gallery supported on cast-iron columns
with foliated capital and organ. Most would appear to date
from 1845. John Kershaw was the founder; there is a
memorial to him on the west wall.

Listing NGR: SD8964213919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534365

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy