Description

SE 82 SE ALKBOROUGH FRONT STREET
(west side)

Methodist Chapel

1/4
II

Chapel. 1840 on datestone. Grey brick front in Flemish bond with stucco
details; yellow brick sides. Slate roof. Classical style. Rectangular
plan. Single storey, 2 bays; symmetrical. Angle pilasters rising to shaped
kneelers; bays articulated by pilasters with Greek ionic capitals supporting
pedimented gable. Entrance in second bay: flight of 3 stone steps with
bootscraper to recessed 2-leaf panelled door in round-headed rubbed brick
surround. Similar opening to left bay with stone cill and dummy door. 2
round-headed casements above, with projecting cills and later C19 margin
lights, coloured glass and projecting cills. Pediment contains central
plaques inscribed WESLEYAN CHAPEL, 1840, within a panel defined by a basket-
arched stucco band. Stone-coped gable with shaped kneelers. Left return
has lower rendered section, 2 round-headed windows similar to front. Rear
has 2 sashes with margin lights and 2 round-headed casements above with
glazing bars. Interior: internal wooden porch with moulded cornice;
sanctuary rail on foliate cast-iron supports; boldly-moulded plaster ceiling
cornice and ornate central ceiling rose surrounded by 4 smaller ones,
perforated as ventilators.

Listing NGR: SE8820121671

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534618

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)