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
361
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
21/06/1953  
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987  
Name of Property
Pendref, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Flintshire  
Community
Mold  
Town
Mold  
Locality
 
Easting
323541  
Northing
364231  
Street Side
 
Location
Set above and behind a railed forecourt below Bailey Hill and facing down The High Street at the junction of Gwernaffield and Denbigh Roads.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Built 1828 on land given by Sir Thomas Mostyn. Re-roofed 1863, its interior was refitted in 1875. The windows date from 1955.  

Exterior
Gabled 2 storey, Gothick ashlar front with pediment treatment and diagonal buttresses terminating in obelisks with finials. Blind rose traceried oculus to pediment, ball finial to apex. 1st floor sill band. Slate roof, plain eaves, exposed purlins to rear. 3 pointed windows to 1st floor, centre broader. Ground floor windows flank a central depressed doorway with fanlight. 3 bay uncoursed rubble side elevations with dressed margins to pointed windows, sashes with late lead cames. Rear rendered with later projecting lean-to. Vermiculated forecourt walls and piers with spear pointed iron railings.  

Interior
Rectangular galleried interior with classical detail. Plain ribbed ceiling with 5 roses, moulded cornice. Chamfered reveals to windows. Raked gallery with curved panelled front carried on scrolled brackets with cast iron columns. Cast iron balusters with tripartite rose motif to deacon's seat. Biblical motto in scroll over organ chamber flanked by fleur-de-lis.  

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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