Description

STANHOPE BACK LANE (North side)
NY 9939
Stanhope
34/147 Methodist Chapel

GV II

Wesleyan Methodist chapel. 1871. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar
dressings; plinth and quoins. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Greek
cross plan; free Norman style. Nave with short aisles; chancel. South elevation
has gabled centre with boarded doors in double-chamfered round-headed surrounds
at left and right; keyhole windows above. Stepped buttresses, with roll-moulded
gablets above eaves, flank paired ground-floor and stepped triple gallery lights,
recessed under arches; pierced quatrefoil in gable peak, and stone ring/cross
finial. Gallery sill string. Left and right returns have one, and aisles have
2, round-headed chamfered windows Moulded finials, with wrought iron scrolls, on
gabled copings of aisles; block kneelers.

Listing NGR: NY9963539344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568081

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)