Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel With Retaining Wall
FORMER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL WITH RETAINING WALL, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315390
- Date first listed:
- 22-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel With Retaining Wall
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL WITH RETAINING WALL, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315390
- Date first listed:
- 22-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel With Retaining Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL WITH RETAINING WALL, MAIN STREET
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:
- FORMER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL WITH RETAINING WALL, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton
- National Grid Reference:
- SE4516250585
Details
SE 45 SE
4/6
22.10.86
BILTON IN AINSTY
MAIN STREET
(south side)
Bickerton
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with retaining wall
II
Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and retaining wall. 1826. Coursed squared
limestone, slate roof. 1 x 2 bays, single storey. Gabled street elevation
has central 6-panelled door below flat stone arch. Above the entrance: a
C20 small-pane window in original opening with splayed voussoirs to flat
arch and projecting sill. Below the sill a raised plaque is inscribed:
"Wesleyan / Methodist Chapel / 1826". Shaped kneelers; gable copings.
Blind south gable wall. Both side elevations have two 16-pane sashes with
flat arches and sills as front. Front retaining wall: coursed limestone,
triangular coping; approximately 1.2 metres high, ramped down to gateway.
A memorial to Rev F Wilson, a missionary to Tonga, was removed to the west
wall of St Helen's Church (qv) when the chapel closed.
Listing NGR: SE4516250585
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 331707
- 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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