Site record MDR12219 - Site of Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bank Street, Hadfield, Glossop

Former site of Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bank Street, Hadfield, Glossop, built c1877, demolished pre2010. There is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at this site on the 1st edition 25" OS map. (1) Work on the new and imposing Sunday School and Chapel at Bank Top commenced in 1877. The new chapel was opened on October 16th 1878 and had seating for 600 people. There was a Wesleyan Methodist Day School here also, until 1906 when it became a Council School. The chapel building was destroyed by fire recently and has since been demolished [2010]. (2) The site now appears to have been redeveloped [2010]. (3) Previously Grade II Listed: 'Includes: Hadfield Methodist Church PARADISE STREET Hadfield. Methodist church. 1877-78 altered 1926. Coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof and coped gables. PLAN: irregular polygonal. EXTERIOR: south-east entrance front, 3 windows, under tall gable with finial, has projecting flat roofed porch with 3 round headed windows and round headed doorway to left return. Sill band and moulded eaves cornice. Above large 4-light round headed window with plate tracery in moulded ashlar surround. Either side single tall round headed windows with margin light glazing and moulded ashlar surrounds. Chamfered side facades have single similar tall round headed windows. Side facades each have 8 similar tall round headed windows, south-west front has single storey gabled vestry to left with central round headed doorway flanked by single round headed windows. North-west rear front, 2 storey, has 6 tall margin light windows and 6 plain sashes above, all under wedge lintels. INTERIOR: has original furnishings including benches with painted numbers to ends, raised pulpit and organ 1906 by A Young & Sons of Manchester, pedestal font 1918 enclosed by wooden rail on cast-iron supports. Stencilled texts over 3 tall niches between doorways to offices at rear. Flat, ceiled roof with ties supported on cast-iron brackets. (Formerly Listed as: PARADISE STREET, Hadfield Methodist Chapel).'