Building record 4491/0/0 - Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Styal

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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Brown brick with double-gabled slate roof, converted from a 18th century seed store in 1837. It was extended to rear and variously altered with an external staircase to gallery and upper rooms at the front.

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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Brown brick with double-gabled slate roof, converted in 1837 from an existing outbuilding, extended to rear and variously altered. External staircase to gallery and upper rooms at front (1). Formerley seed store, 18th century with conversion to chapel c.1820 and new façade c.1860. Very simple interior with long West gallery on a line of plain iron columns. Full architectural description in (2).


<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 151 (Book). SCH4548.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/243 (Report). SCH1934.

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  • <1> Book: 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 151.
  • <2> Report: Department of the Environment. 1971-2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. N/A. /1/243.

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Grid reference Centred SJ 836 834 (16m by 15m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ88SW
Historic Township/Parish/County POWNALL FEE, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE
Civil Parish STYAL, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Apr 8 2025 9:46AM