Somerton Methodist Church
SOMERTON METHODIST CHURCH, WEST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346029
- Date first listed:
- 17-Apr-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Somerton Methodist Church
- Statutory Address:
- SOMERTON METHODIST CHURCH, WEST STREET
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346029
- Date first listed:
- 17-Apr-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Somerton Methodist Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOMERTON METHODIST CHURCH, WEST 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:
- SOMERTON METHODIST CHURCH, WEST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Somerton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 48954 28558
Details
ST4828 SOMERTON CP WEST STREET (North side)
9/236 Somerton Methodist Church (formerly listed as Wesleyan Chapel)
17.4.59
GV II
Methodist church. Dated 1845. Local lias stone cut and squared, Ham stone dressings; Welsh slate roof behind coped gable, plain verges to rear. Single storey, front and side elevations 3 bays each. Tall Y-traceried windows with simple arched labels, the centre on south gable elevation being shorter, set over matching archway with pair 4-panelled doors and shaped solid panel with Y-tracery over; in gable a quatrefoil vent and a rectangular carved plaque with inscription "Wesleyan Chapel 1845". Plain windows to side schoolroom extension to rear. Interior not seen. Chapel on site of or close to, original house first licensed 1810; set well back from road, it is an important punctuation in the street scene. (VCH, Volume III, 1974).
Listing NGR: ST4896028571
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 263044
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, (1974)
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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