The English Presbyterian Church of Wales is in City Road,
Chester,
Cheshire, England. The church was built in 1864, and designed by Michael Gummow of
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...
. It is constructed with a
stuccoed front and brick sides, and has a
slate roof. The architectural style is
Neoclassical, Its entrance front is in five
bays; it has a
portico with four
Ionic columns, and a three-bay
pediment
Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape.
Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedim ...
. The opposite end of the church is
apsidal
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...
. The church is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
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as a designated Grade
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
See also
*
Grade II listed buildings in Chester (east)
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. It contains over 650 structures that are designated as listed buildings by English Heritage and included in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, over 500 are listed at Grade II, the ...
References
Churches in Chester
Presbyterian Church of Wales
Churches completed in 1864
19th-century Presbyterian churches
Grade II listed churches in Cheshire
Grade II listed buildings in Chester
Greek Revival church buildings in the United Kingdom
Neoclassical architecture in Cheshire
19th-century churches in the United Kingdom
Neoclassical church buildings in England
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