Description

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SW 74 NW
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ST AGNES
BLACKWATER
Wesley Chapel

(Formerly listed as Former Wesleyan Chapel)

27.11.85

GV
II
Wesleyan chapel and adjoining schoolroom. Date plaque 1822, remodelled slightly circa late C19. Painted rubble walls with brick arches over the openings. Scantle slate hipped roof. Cast-iron ogee-section gutters.

Plan: Rectangular aisle-less plan with gallery on three sides. Rostrum at north-west (ritual east) end, schoolroom beyond.

Exterior: Two storeys elevations. Original openings. Symmetrical two window south-east front has wide central doorway spanned by a segmental arch, otherwise round-headed openings with circa late C19 horned sashes with glazing bars.

Interior: Early C19 gallery (not inspected) said to be from a chapel in Truro (Christopher Stell); bow fronted rostrum.

Source: Stell, C. RCHM Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels.

Listing NGR: SW7366846188

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434304

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)