Description

ST54SE PILTON CP TOP STREET (South side)

15/160 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

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Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Early C19, some mid/ late C19 alterations. Coursed and squared rubble, dressed flush quoins,
slate roof, coped verges, that over entrance with finials at its base and a stone lantern with a spirelet at it's apex;
brick stack. Rectangular on plan, irregular lean-to outshuts to rear; Gothick with some Early English style features.
Entrance frontage with a large 4-light pointed arch window, simple intersecting tracery, stopped label, 2 smaller
2-light windows to each side with Y-tracery, leaded lights. Central projecting ashlar entrance porch with paired
shafted pointed arch door openings, plank doors with eleborate strap hinges; gabled labels reaching up to a parapet
pierced by quatrefoils; a crocketted finial at each corner, a poppy finial set over each doorway. Two bay returns with
tall 2-light pointed arch windows, again leaded lights. Outshut to rear with a pointed arch door opening each side of
the chapel.

Listing NGR: ST5915740990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311068

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)