London Road Church, Gordon Road
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Type
Description
Late nineteenth century Methodist chapel, opened in 1893 and extended in the early twentieth century.
The London Road Church was opened at the Junction of Gordon Road in 1893 by the Wesleyan Methodists after a series of services were held in the cricket pavilion opposite. One of the privately funded 'daughter' chapels/Sunday Schools built after the Wesley Evangelical Revival. It originally comprised one hall with exposed pitch pine trussed roof structure; it was added to in the early 1900s. The building is of local red brick under a slate roof with red clay decorative ridge and filial. There is one 'patent ventilator' fitted to the ridge. The building, which was once orientated to the roadway, has been altered and is now entered from the side. To the north side elevation there are three double height windows which are cut into the roof as flat roofed dormers. The original roadway elevation retains the decorative stone
entrance doorhead and is surmounted by three Gothic style windows each with stone header dressings. The later addition to the south side is simpler in design, with a flat roof, and rather overwhelms the building. Proposed for inclusion on local list (B1).
Added to local list (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Late nineteenth century Methodist chapel, opened in 1893 and extended in the early twentieth century.
Date Listed
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