Poole Methodist Chapel is in Wettenhall Road, Poole, Cheshire, England. It is an active Methodist church in the Cheshire South Methodist Circuit.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
| Poole Methodist Chapel | |
|---|---|
 Poole Methodist Chapel | |
  Poole Methodist Chapel Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°05′55″N 2°32′40″W / 53.09855°N 2.54432°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 637 558 |
| Location | Wettenhall Road, Poole, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Methodist |
| Website | Poole Methodist Chapel |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 4 July 1986 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1834 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Circuit | Cheshire South |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Revd Malcolm Lorimer |
History
editThe church was built in 1834 as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.[2]
Architecture
editExterior
editPoole Methodist Chapel is a small building with a square plan.[3] It is constructed in red brick, and has a hipped slate roof. The chapel is in a single storey, and has an entrance front of three bays. The central door is panelled and is decorated with a Gothic motif. The doorway is round-headed, the fanlight being filled by a board decorated with seven radiating daggers. Above the doorway is a semicircular hood mould, over which is a lamp fitting and an elliptical panel inscribed with "Wesleyan Methodist Chapel" and the date 1834. The door is flanked on each side by a Gothic-style arched window containing Y-tracery, over which is a pointed hood mould. Under the eaves, the bricks form a dentilled pattern.[2]
Interior
editInside the chapel is a wooden panelled reading desk on a moulded plinth with an ogee cornice. On each side of the reading desk is a flight of three steps with balusters and newels. The reredos is also panelled, the central panel being wider than the outer panels, and with a semicircular head. The reredos is decorated with motifs including garlands and roses. Also in the chapel are a communion table with communion rails, and a treadle organ.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Poole Methodist Church, Cheshire South Methodist Circuit, retrieved 6 June 2014
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Poole Methodist Chapel (1312761)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 June 2014
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 529, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6