Description

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

SD4264 GREEN STREET, Morecambe 939-1/5/37 Central Methodist Church

II

Formerly known as: Green Street Methodist Church. Methodist church. Dated 1876. Coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Italianate style. North, south, and west facades have 2 tiers of round-headed windows with sill bands, impost bands, and sandstone voussoirs. North and south elevations each of 7 bays. West of 4 bays. The moulded gable coping is cattired on a corbel table and has a central antefixa. Within the gable is a circular window, its surround inscribed: 'Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1876'. In front of the central 2 bays is a portico with anthemion frieze and cornice, with 2 round arches carried on granite columns with sandstone foliated capitals. To each side of the entrance steps there are elaborate cast-iron lamp bases. Interior has gallery with timber panelled front, carried on 3 sides by fluted cast-iron columns with foliated capitals. At the east end there is an organ at gallery level and a raised timber pulpit at ground level. The plaster ceiling is divided into panels, those on the central axis having elaborate centrepieces.

Listing NGR: SD4366864569

External Links

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