Description

BLANCHLAND BAYBRIDGE
NY 95 SE
15/3 Methodist Chapel

GV II

Methodist Chapel, dated 1867 on porch, probably by S.S. Teulon. Rock-faced
stone with tooled-and-margined dressings; roof blue slate above purple.
Rectangular chapel with south-east porch, south-west vestry and north-west
schoolroom wing. Free Gothic style; chamfered plinth, stepped buttresses
between bays and set diagonally at angles, triangular heads to all openings,
moulded corbels to eaves; gables with overlapped slab coping and elaborate
moulded and gabled kneelers. South elevation 6 bays; projecting porch in bay
6 has boarded door with scrolly ironwork in double-chamfered surround, beneath
inscription 'WESLEYAN PROVIDENCE CHAPEL' and date; projecting vestry in bay 1
has central stepped stack carrying hooded lantern with pyramidal cap. Main
chapel has lancet windows and steeply-pitched roof with ridge capped by row of
fleur-de-lys and 2 louvres; western louvre and east gable carry elaborate
wrought-iron finials. Gabled returns show triplets of stepped lancets; to rear,
extruded canted projection (privy/store) in angle of chapel and wing shows
boarded door flanked by small windows.

Listing NGR: NY9570850060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297496

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability