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Latitude: 53.1885 / 53°11'18"N
Longitude: -2.8894 / 2°53'21"W
OS Eastings: 340670
OS Northings: 366085
OS Grid: SJ406660
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.30NG
Mapcode Global: WH88F.L3BX
Plus Code: 9C5V54Q6+C7
Entry Name: Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel
Listing Date: 6 August 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376377
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470372
Also known as: Pepper Street Chapel
ID on this website: 101376377
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Restaurant Chapel
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/04/2014
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CHESTER CITY (IM)
PEPPER STREET (South side),
Former Methodist New Connexion Chapel
(Formerly listed as Habitat Store (that part formerly Methodist New Connexion Chapel))
GV II
Chapel, then public hall, and later motor showroom. Part of shop at time of Listing 1834-5. By William Cole. For the Methodist New Connexion. Stucco with grey-green hipped slate roof. 4 Corinthian columns in antis between projecting wings, each having a round-arched window of 20 panes beneath the transom and a radial-bar fanlight above. Entablature with architrave, frieze and dentil cornice; pediment standing proud of panelled attic; hipped roof with ridge at right-angle to front.
INTERIOR: any internal features are covered.
HISTORICAL NOTE: in 1836 Joseph Hemingway considered this the most handsome chapel in Chester.
(Hemingway J: A Panorama of Chester: Chester: 1836-; Simpson F: Manuscripts: CR 119/26; Bartholomew City Guides: Harris B: Chester: Edinburgh: 1979-: 140).
Listing NGR: SJ4067066085
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