Building record 4454/0/0 - Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Chapel Lane

Methodist New Connexion Chapel, gabled front with traceried cast-iron window frames, dated 1823 (1). Washed and rendered stone with a Welsh slate roof and brick chimney. T-shaped in plan with a gabled front and a central gabled porch with a door on the left side. Above are two 4-centred arched windows with original small-pane glazing, and tracery to top with central rosette. Similar windows without rosettes and with 4-hinged central panes along either side. Has (had?) later C19 fittings, pine pews and reader's desk (2). Appears to now be a residence (3). It is later marked as a United Methodist Chapel after the union of the New Connexion with the United Methodist free church in 1907 (4).

<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 38 (Book). SCH4548.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/9 (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 2004 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.