361

 

II  

Designated  

21/06/1953  

30/03/1987  

Pendref, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel  

 

Flintshire  

Mold  

Mold  

 

323541  

364231  

 

Set above and behind a railed forecourt below Bailey Hill and facing down The High Street at the junction of Gwernaffield and Denbigh Roads.  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

 

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

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.  

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.  

Group value.