Description

SW 63 SW CROWAN LEEDSTOWN

4/158 Leedstown Methodist Church,
- schoolroom and courtyard walls at
the front
GV II

Wesleyan Chapel, forecourt walls, gate piers and gates, and later schoolroom.
Datestone 1862, schoolroom circa late C19. Granite ashlar with rock-faced rusticated
quoins, slightly rusticated jambstones and voussoirs, granite sills and moulded
granite pediment cornice. Dry Delabole slate roofs with gable ends.
Rectangular aisless plan with a gallery on 4 sides. The ritual east end facing south
west with large schoolroom added to that end. The entrance front (north east) with 2
entrances.
2 storey elevations. Symmetrical 3 window north east entrance front surmounted by
triangular gable pediment with moulded cornice and apex finial all in granite.
Round-headed openings, the doorways left and right wider. Double 3-panel doors to
each with fanlight over. Leaded window with coloured glass to ground floor middle.
(Similar window to the ground floor middle of each of the side elevations). The
first floor windows and those to the side elevations are original round-headed
hornless sashes with glazing bars in radial pattern at the top. Each side is
symmetrical with 3 ground floor and 3 first floor windows. Oculus windows with
coloured glass at rear of chapel are converted from original round-headed openings.
Interior : virtually complete interior with original or late C19 fittings. The
nearly oval-on-plan gallery is carried on wooden Doric columns and the panelled front
is cantilevered out on scrolled brackets. The flat plaster ceiling has a moulded
cornice and a large central rose with concentric moulded bands and carved acanthus
and strapwork decoration. The pulpit hasa bowed centre and terminal pilasters
flanked by geometric open-string stairs with winders; ornate cast iron balusters to
the stairs and balustrade panels to the pulpit front. The pews are pitch pine with
shaped and chamfered ends. The side windows, with coloured glass, are memorials to
the Trewella family of Carsize. The central front window with coloured glass is a
war memorial.
The schoolroom has exposed arched bracing carried on granite corbels.
The forecourt walls are chamfered granite plinths, formerly with iron railings. Wide
central gateway with round-headed granite monolith piers and terminal piers with ogee
caps. C20 iron gates.

Listing NGR: SW6053434210

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613707

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