Description

SE4048 WETHERBY BANK STREET
LS22 (north side)

5/2 Wetherby Wesleyan
30.4.82 Methodist Church

II

Methodist chapel. Dated 1829. Ashlar magnesian limestone, Welsh slate roof.
2 storeys, 3 x 2 bays with lower wing to rear centre having lean-to on each
side. Plinth. Central margin-glazed double-door and overlight with diagonal
glazing bars beneath flat arch flanked by margin-glazed sashes with
projecting stone sills and flat arches. lst floor: band beneath raised
plaque on guttae with inscription 'WESLEYAN CHAPEL 1829'. Sill, band to three
sashes as before. Paired gutter brackets to hipped roof. Rear: main roof is
gabled. Returns both have windows as front.
Interior: reseated 1891 (Unwin p 110). Pine box pews; gallery on 3 sides and
behind the pulpit. Built at a cost of £720 and opened on 30th October 1829.
Single-storey additions to rear are not of special interest.
R. Unwin, Wetherby, 1986, pp 109-110.

Listing NGR: SE4034748284

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wetherby Wesleyan Methodist Church at Wikipedia
• Wetherby Wesleyan Methodist Church official website
• Wikidata Q26428457

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)