Description

FRISKNEY WASHDIKE LANE
TF 45 NE
(north side)
6/50 Methodist Chapel
2.12.85
II*

Methodist chapel. 1839, late C19, C20. Red brick, some render.
Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bay front with giant order
corner pilasters and slightly projecting central bay. 3 steps
lead up to central doorway with C20 semi-circular head and
surround, fanlight and plank door. Painted plaque above doorway
inscribed: 'Wesleyan Centenary Chapel 1839'. Doorway flanked by
single semi-circular headed glazing bar sashes. '3 similar
glazing bar sashes above, that in the centre with a C20 surround.
West and east sides each with 2 glazing bar sashes on each floor,
all with flush wedge painted lintels. Rendered north side with 2
small glazing bar sashes, each set nearer the outer walls. 2
semi-circular headed C19 fixed windows above with margin lights.
Interior with curved, panelled gallery sweeping round 3 sides and
supported on plain iron columns. Ornate late C19 reading desk
platform with turned balusters and lower ornate wrought iron
rail. Late C19 pews.

Listing NGR: TF4718655762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548726

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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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)