Description

SE 7803-7903
20/80

EPWORTH
HIGH STREET
(south side)

No 39 (Warden's House)

GV
II

House for Warden of Wesley Memorial Church (qv). 1888-9 by Charles Bell.
Rock-faced ashlar to front and sides, yellow brick to rear; ashlar dressings
throughout. Welsh slate roof. T-shaped on plan. 2 storeys. North front
has entrance in single-bay range to left, with projecting single-bay gabled
wing to right. Chamfered plinth, quoins. Chamfered rounded-trefoil doorway
beneath pointed hoodmould with carved stops. Board door with ornate wrought
ironwork. Small single-light sash in quoined surround above. Wing to right
has 3-light ground-floor window and 2-light first-floor window with
chamfered mullions and reveals, quoined surrounds, segmental relieving
arches and sashes with 4 small panes over 2 larger panes. Coped gables with
shaped kneelers and trefoil finials. Axial stack with offset and ashlar
shaft. Part of an unusually ornate group of Methodist buildings, erected in
commemoration of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley (1703-91), and the
Wesley family of Epworth. Included for group value only.

Listing NGR: SE7809403848

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321488

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)