Description

REDRUTH WESLEY STREET
SW 74 SW
(south side)
11/317
Wesley Centenary
Memorial Hall
GV II
Meeting hall, now offices (etc). Dated 1891 above door. Granite ashlar with
rock-faced quoins, slate roof. Double-depth plan, with rear wing. Two storeys
and 3 bays, in free classical style; symmetrical, with open-pedimented centre;
rock-faced plinth, rusticated rock-faced quoins and banded rock-faced pilasters
to the centre, prominent string course and 1st floor sill-band; the wide and
slightly projected centre forms a porch at ground floor, with 2 Tuscan columns
in antis flanking a flight of 5 steps up to a large round-headed doorway with
moulded imposts and keystone and double doors under a fanlight with stained
glass; the pilasters are interrupted by a plain entablature to the columns and by
the band, which is inscribed:-
"WESLEY CENTENARY MEMORIAL 1891"
and above this the 1st floor has a large Venetian window, the head rising into
the pediment (which has unorthodox corbels to the eaves, and an apex finial).
The windows of the outer bays are rectangular at ground floor and round-headed
above. Gable chimneys, and red cockscomb ridge tiles. Sides, rear, and interior
are of less interest. Listed for group value with Redruth Methodist Church (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SW7014342100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613543

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)