Description

DEWSBURY CB DAISY HILL
SE 2421 NW (Dewsbury)

7/41
30/4/82 Central Methodist Church

G.V. II

Chapel. 1839. Recent internal alterations. Ashlar with
rustication to ground floor, rock faced plinth, hammer dressed
stone sides. 2 storeys with string course. 5-bay facade, the
upper floor being framed in wide flat Tuscan pilasters. Frieze,
moulded eaves cornice and blocking course, the centre of which is
raised and has the word WESLEYAN in raised capitals. Five round
arched 1st floor windows with marginal glazing. Outer ground floor
windows the same with apron. Central ground floor window of stained
glass and with memorial apron to 1st World War. Symmetrically placed
double, panelled doors with semi-circular fanlight. Small flight of
stone steps to each. Central tablet reads 'CENTENARY CHAPEL'. 6-bay
side elevations with 1st floor windows as before, and square headed
ground floor windows all with marginal glazing. To the left, a
further 2 bays with hipped roof.

Interior: Formerly to seat 1100. Elliptical gallery on slender
cast iron columns, now not in use and ceiling lowered to this level.
Original pews in gallery. Later C19 box pews downstairs. Organ
gone.

Listing NGR: SE2441321715

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428105

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)