Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
23568
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Pentref Methodist Chapel and School-room, including adjoining Manse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305169
Northing
366194
Street Side
N
Location
Set back slightly behind a shallow railed forecourt.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Founded in 1801; the present complex is a mid-Victorian remodelling, probably of the 1860s.
Exterior
Chapel, manse and schoolroom group. Of limestone construction with squared stone elevations and fine limestone dressings; slate roofs. The chapel is set back on the R. Three-bay symmetrical facade with open pediment and central ocular vent. Single-storey porch with classical, moulded arched entrance and recessed 16-panel double doors, the panels fielded; moulded cornice and flat roof with surmounting parapet, raised to the centre. 12-pane recessed windows to flanking bays, with marginal glazing and projecting sills. Three arched windows to the gallery floor, the central one larger and all with dressed and moulded voussoirs springing from moulded abaci; glazing as before.
The schoolroom block is advanced and adjoins to the L. Symmetrical gabled facade of 3 bays, with stone-coped gable parapet. Sash windows with marginal glazing to 2 floors, those to the upper floor arched and the central ones larger.
Adjoining the schoolroom block to the L, slightly recessed, is the manse. This has a gable with moulded bargeboards and a large brick chimney with moulded upper courses. W entrance to the L with 6-panel door and rectangular overlight. To the R of this are 2 paired sashes; round-arched sash window to the first floor. Modern extension to the rear.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a C19 chapel, manse and school-room group retaining its original external character in a prominent town-centre location.
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