The Methodist Church, Weaverham, was an active

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church located in Forest Street,

Weaverham Weaverham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. Just off the A49, it is just to the west of Northwich and south of the River Weaver, and has a population of 6 ...

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, England. It was in the Northwich and Winsford Circuit of the Chester and Stoke District. The church is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade II

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. Some Methodist services are now held at nearb
St Mary's Church
Alternatively, there are Methodist Churches in Acton Bridge, Hartford and Bartington, listed on http://www.midcheshirecircuit.org.uk/churches.php Weaverham Methodist Church is currently a nursery and pre-school
Evolution Childcare

History

The church is dated 1878, and was designed possibly by Edmund Kirby. It replaced an earlier chapel built in 1835 in Chapel Street.

Architecture

Built in orange

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brick, the church has

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dressings, and a roof of Marley tiles. It has a T-shaped plan. The entrance front facing the road has two storeys and is in three

bays A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

. The lateral bays are canted and contain

lancet window A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a sharp pointed arch at its top. This arch may or may not be a steep lancet arch (in which the compass centres for drawing the arch fall outside the opening). It acquired the "lancet" name from its rese ...

s in each face and in each storey. The central bay has a

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

d doorway framed by

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es. On each side of the doorway is a lancet window. The upper storey contains a three light window under a gable. Inside the church is a gallery of tiered seats, and a central

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accesse ...

decorated with floral panels on the front, and pierced

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on the sides.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weaverham, Methodist Church Grade II listed churches in Cheshire 19th-century Methodist church buildings Churches completed in 1878 19th-century church buildings in England Methodist churches in Cheshire

History

Architecture

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References