Description

DURSLEY CASTLE STREET
ST 7598
(north-east side)
5/8 Methodist Church
GV II

Methodist church. 1864. Coursed rubble limestone; ashlar
dressings and south front; Welsh slate roof. Rectangular with
entrance and staircase lobby at south end. Attached rooms at north
end. South front: 3-bay with panelled pilasters and round-arched
arcading, centre bay being smaller; enriched keystones; dentil
course below moulded parapet cornice topped by weathered coping
with transverse roll mouldings. Single tall round-arched window to
larger bays each with moulded hood projecting forward and
supported on scrolls. Large C20 glazed doors at centre with round-
arched relieving arch over. Side returns to lobby have further
single arcaded bay as to front but with coursed rubble infill.
Parapet gable end to main church block with dressed coping on
stepped bedding and blocked central oculus. Sides: arcaded and 4-
bay, each having round-arched window in upper part and square-
headed in lower. Gabled 2-storey block runs across north end with
single large segmental-arched multi-paned sash to upper floor
centrally below gable, that on east side replaced by glazed doors
to C20 external staircase.
Interior has painted moulded panelling throughout. Gallery on 3
sides supported on fluted cast-iron columns with Corinthian
capitals. Panelled front to gallery with dentil cornice at base.
Organ in apsidal niche at centre of gallery. Octagonal timber
pulpit within balustraded enclosure, all with barleysugar
balusters. Present church is replacement for building opened in
1799. Forms part of group of buildings around Market Place.
(A. Best et al, An Historical Survey of Dursley, 1985)

Listing NGR: ST7560798190

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514464

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