Description

SX 39 NE CLAWTON CHAPEL ROAD, Clawton

3/10 Clawton Bridge Methodist Chapel
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GV II

Methodist chapel. 1870 (datestone). Stone rubble with buff brick dressings and
quoins, slate roof gabled at ends, fleur de lis crested ridge tiles, (ritual) east
end clad in corrugated iron. Simple rectangular plan the (ritual) west gable end
with entrance to the road.
Gothic style. 2-centred arched windows to either side have brick jambs, keystones
and intersecting glazing bars above 12-panes. The symmetrical west end has a central
2-centred arched doorway with chamfered jambs and a keystone and a contemporary
arched panelled door flanked by windows similar to those on the sides of the chapel.
A ventilator in the gable has an arched frame, a keystone and slate louvres. Tablet
on front above door inscribed "Wesleyan Chapel 1870".
Interior Set of modest contemporary fittings intact, seating raised to the west end
which has a timber narthex screen; moulded plaster cornice; pierced trefoil-headed
rail in front of the rostrum which is broken forward on a stem and has trefoil-headed
blind panels, steps up to the rostrum have chamfered stopped stick balusters and a
wreathed handrail.
A good example of a simple design and unspoiled interior.

Listing NGR: SX3531899171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455370

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)