Description

HELSTON

SW6225 CHAPEL TERRACE, Porthleven 631-1/6/250 (North East side) Wesley Chapel and attached schoolroom

GV II

Non-conformist chapel. 1840 datestone to central niche of pediment. Thin courses of granite ashlar to front with dressed granite plinth, 1st-floor sill string, voussoirs and pediment frame, otherwise rubble with granite dressings and asbestos slatehanging to rear wall of schoolroom; asbestos slate roofs, hipped over schoolroom. L-shaped plan with rectangular chapel end on at the front with aisleless plan. 2 storey elevations to chapel, single-storey over basement to schoolroom. Chapel is symmetrical 2-window front plus single-storey C20 extensions left of central doorway and on right. Round-arched windows with Y tracery; elliptically-arched doorway with pair of chamfered late C19 four-panel doors and Y-traceried fanlight; 4-pane window right of doorway. Rear is 3-window range with 3 central stepped lights, all round-arched lights with Y-traceried windows. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW6294525874

External Links

• Wikidata Q26502742

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