Description

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK8053NW GUILDHALL STREET
619-1/9/156 (West side)
19/05/71 Former Methodist Chapel (H & S Group
Services Ltd.)
(Formerly Listed as:
NEWARK
GUILDHALL STREET
(West side)
School(Formerly Methodist Chapel))

GV II

Former Methodist Chapel, now warehouse. 1787, with early C19
and late C20 additions and alterations. Brick with rubble
plinth to west and hipped pantile roof and single side wall
stack. Cogged eaves. 2 storeys; 4 x 7 windows. South front has
first floor band and windows with flat arches. Four 12 pane
sashes and below, a 16 pane sash flanked to left by a 12 pane
sash and to right by 3 similar sashes. Right return has seven
12 pane sashes, the right one blank. Below, to right, a double
fielded panelled door, partly glazed, with Gothic glazing bar
fanlight. To right, a round headed Gothic glazing bar sash. To
left, a blocked window flanked by 2 plain sashes to right and
a plain sash and a top hung casement to left, all with
segmental heads. At the right end, a single storey hipped
addition with 2 C20 windows. Left return has a plain sash and
four 12 pane sashes. Below, a glazed door with toplight
flanked by single 12 pane sashes. To right, a blank. All have
segmental heads. North end has a hipped 2 storey central
addition with three 12 pane sashes on each floor, the lower
ones blank. On either side, a plain sash above and a door
below, all segment headed. To right, an early C19 2 storey
addition with a side wall stack and a large round headed
window with Gothic glazing bars, and a 12 pane sash below.
Much altered interior has 2 C18 dogleg stairs with stick
balusters, and a panelled double door with Gothic glazed
fanlight. This building was opened in 1787 by John Wesley and
subsequently became a school.

Listing NGR: SK8008353736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568593

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