Description

BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET
AND SIGNET (East Side)
SP2512 (Enlargement) Methodist Church
7/71 (formerly listed as
12.9.55 Wesleyan Chapel)

GV II*

Non-conformist chapel, formerly town mansion. c.1720-30 for a member of
the Jordan family, converted c.1849. Ashlar, slate roof with coped
verges. Local baroque style. 2 storeys and basement. Channelled
rusticated above basement, fluted and reeded pilasters dividing the front
into 5 bays, full entablature and balustraded parapet over. Glazing bar
sashes (1849 or C20) below struck voussoirs. 1st floor windows have
shaped aprons below, segment-headed basement windows with keys. Central
Gibbsian surround doorpiece with pulvinated frieze and pertinent; C20
panelled doors; transom light; 5 steps up to door, bridging over basement
door (bolection surround) which is approached by curved flights of steps
from the forecourt. To rear 7 close-spaced segment headed windows with
flat raised quoins; the south side has wide part-blocked segmental entry.
The rear doorway within the present stair lobby has pulvinated frieze and
keystone. The rear basement has 3 hollow chamfered mullion windows. The
interior was gutted for the Chapel in 1849. This was redesigned in 1949
has Thomas Rayson of Oxford with inspiration from St Stephen's Wallbrook -
4 Corinthian columns support a ciborium with chandelier. Up to 1849 large
vases capped the parapet and the railings to the front steps (bought for
Cornbury Park by Lord Churchill).

Listing NGR: SP2518012242

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Burford Methodist Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4998483

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings