Description

SE 13 NW SHIPLEY WESTCLIFFE ROAD
(north side)
Shipley

2/159 Westcliffe Road
30th April 1982 Methodist Chapel

II

Methodist chapel and former manse, now school rooms. Dated 1875,
recently altered. Hammer-dressed stone. Welsh slate roof. Two
storeys with 3-storey former manse at rear. 3-bay pediment gabled
front. Central round-arched and keyed doorway. Square-headed window
to each side with raised sill and very shallow block pediments on
small, shaped brackets. Round-arched windows to 1st floor, paired
to centre, all archivolted and keyed and on sill band. Recent casements
with glazing bars. Medallion in tympanum reads, in raised letters:
"WESTCLIFFE ROAD CHAPEL 1875". Left and right side elevations are of
6 bays with 5 bays of square-headed ground-floor windows and round-arched
lst-floor windows, the 6th bay forming the manse and being surmounted
by a pediment. The door to the manse is on the left elevation. Recent
casements with glazing bars.

Interior totally refurbished c1979.

Listing NGR: SE1454537220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26426463

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)