Description

TYLDESLEY ELLIOTT STREET SD 60 SE (south side) 2/48 Tyldesley Chapel 18/7/66 G.V. II Chapel. 1789 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, now a Pentecostal church. Flemish bond brick. 3-sided gallery plan of 3 x 1 bays with a C20 addition to the (ritual) east. The gabled front has 2 panelled doors with moulded surrounds and flat hoods. Between them on each floor is an elementary Venetian window with leaded glass. The date is recorded in a roundel panel in the gable which is topped by a C19 bellcote. Bays 1 and 3 of the side elevations are slightly set back. Each bay has a window which was adapted from the Venetian type to a round-headed window in the C19. Coped parapet and gable. Blind Y-tracery window and gable pediment in brick relief to rear. Interior: the gallery is supported on timber columns. C19 organ chamber. Panelling of C20 and pews from elsewhere. The ceiling is plain.

Listing NGR: SD6909301986

External Links

• Tyldesley Top Chapel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7859904

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