Latitude: 51.9039 / 51°54'14"N
Longitude: -2.0777 / 2°4'39"W
OS Eastings: 394748
OS Northings: 222819
OS Grid: SO947228
Mapcode National: GBR 2M4.PHF
Mapcode Global: VH947.XDYT
Plus Code: 9C3VWW3C+HW
Entry Name: Former Wesley Chapel
Listing Date: 5 May 1972
Last Amended: 26 November 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1387861
English Heritage Legacy ID: 475853
ID on this website: 101387861
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50
County: Gloucestershire
District: Cheltenham
Electoral Ward/Division: St Paul's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Cheltenham
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Cheltenham St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Chapel
CHELTENHAM
SO9422NE ST GEORGE'S STREET 630-1/9/830 (West side) 05/05/72 Former Wesley Chapel (Formerly Listed as: ST GEORGE'S STREET RL Dance Ltd)
II
Wesley Chapel, unused at time of survey. 1839 with c1960s alterations. Centenary Chapel (one of 100 built to celebrate the Centenary of Methodism). Ashlar over brick to front facade with stucco to right return and pinkish-red brick to left return, hipped slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 3 bays: 1-3-1. Centre breaks forward and has round-arched upper windows, blind round-arched openings to end bays. First-floor band, and band below cornice with inscription. Central c1960s entrance has board doors with flat canopy. Upper stage has 3 windows to central bay: 18/24 sashes with radial glazing to heads. Left return has 5 upper-stage windows. First-floor plat band. Round-arched windows to each floor, those to ground floor have 18/18 sashes, those to first floor have 18/24 sashes, all with radial glazing to heads. Blocked basement openings have flat arches of rubbed brick. Similar fenestration to right return. Some windows have coloured glass. INTERIOR: reputed to retain gallery to 3 sides on iron columns. Flat plaster ceiling with moulded cornice and barrel vault above organ loft. Late C19 pews. HISTORICAL NOTE: cost between »4,500 and »4,850. It originally had a portico. (RCHME: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Gloucestershire: London: 1986-: 77; Blake S: Cheltenham's Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883: Cheltenham: 1979-: 25).
Listing NGR: SO9474822820
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