Description

HELSTON

SW6225 CHAPEL TERRACE, Porthleven
631-1/6/250 (North East side)
Wesley Chapel and attached
schoolroom

GV II

Non-conformist chapel. 1840 datestone to central niche of
pediment. Thin courses of granite ashlar to front with dressed
granite plinth, 1st-floor sill string, voussoirs and pediment
frame, otherwise rubble with granite dressings and asbestos
slatehanging to rear wall of schoolroom; asbestos slate roofs,
hipped over schoolroom. L-shaped plan with rectangular chapel
end on at the front with aisleless plan. 2 storey elevations
to chapel, single-storey over basement to schoolroom. Chapel
is symmetrical 2-window front plus single-storey C20
extensions left of central doorway and on right. Round-arched
windows with Y tracery; elliptically-arched doorway with pair
of chamfered late C19 four-panel doors and Y-traceried
fanlight; 4-pane window right of doorway. Rear is 3-window
range with 3 central stepped lights, all round-arched lights
with Y-traceried windows. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW6294525874

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502742

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback