Description

PRESTON

SD5329SE LUNE STREET 941-1/11/196 (West side) 27/09/79 Central Methodist Church

GV II

Wesleyan Methodist chapel, now United Methodist church. 1817, remodelled 1862-63 by Poulton and Woodman. Brick, with facade of sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Rectangular plan at right-angles to street. Two storeys, a symmetrical tripartite facade dominated by a very dramatic giant round-headed archway projected from the centre on 2 pairs of giant free-standing Corinthian columns with a moulded cornice to each pair (run out to the sides), and with a moulded surround to the arch, and heavily moulded gable cornice with dentils. Steps under the arch lead to a full-height rectangular inner porch which has (inter alia) a giant round-headed window (over altered doors), and a small round-headed doorway in each side (blocked). The narrower and lower side bays (which are porches) each have one round-headed window on each floor, with imposts and keystones (both lower windows blocked with notice boards), and a parapet above the run-out cornice. All these windows have circular geometrical glazing. The side walls have round-headed windows on both floors, all with margin panes. The rear has a shallow 2-storey extension with gabled porches at each end, both with round-headed doorways and fanlights with radiating glazing bars. INTERIOR: horseshoe gallery of 1875, with curved foliated cast-iron balustrade; rostrum with similar balustrading.

Listing NGR: SD5371929346

External Links

• Preston Central Methodist Church at Wikipedia
• Preston Central Methodist Church official website
• Wikidata Q17014418

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)