Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse
Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse, Chapel Bank
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294766
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse
- Statutory Address:
- Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse, Chapel Bank
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294766
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse
- Statutory Address 1:
- Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse, Chapel Bank
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse, Chapel Bank
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kidsgrove
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 85645 56997
Details
SJ 85 NE
2/50
11.12.87
KIDSGROVE C.P.
Mow Cop
Chapel Bank (north side)
Mow Cop Wesleyan Chapel and Manse
II
Chapel and manse. Dated 1852. Ashlar; hipped slate roof. Two storeys with chamfered plinth and coved and cyma recta moulded eaves.
South front. Three bays; fixed light glazing bar windows with semi-circular heads; C20 ground floor windows in original openings. Central boarded door with semi-circular head, pilastered surround and cyma recta moulded cornice hood.
East front. Three bays of fixed light windows with semi-circular heads.
West front. Central two-leaf door with keyed fanlight and pilastered and open pedimented surround. Flanking two-storey stair windows with semi-circular heads springing from an impost band which continues on the south front as a sill band. Central first floor circular window with radiating glazing bars.
The Manse is attached at right angles to the left. Ashlar; fish-scale tile roof; brick integral end stacks. Two storeys with coved eaves band; two bays of four-pane sashes. Central C20 glazed door.
Interior. On the ground floor is a large schoolroom with annexes, and a vestry. Removable panelled partition walls. The school was entered from the door in the south front. The first floor is occupied by the chapel which retains its original choir stalls and elaborate wooden pulpit. The congregation entered by way of the west door and its flanking staircases.
Listing NGR: SJ8564556997
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 273334
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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