Methodist Church, Weaverham
Entrance front of the Methodist Church, Weaverham
Methodist Church, Weaverham Location in Cheshire
53°15′45″N 2°34′52″W / 53.2624°N 2.5812°W / 53.2624; -2.5812
OS grid reference	SJ 613 741
Location	Forest Street, Weaverham, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Methodist
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	18 July 1986
Architect(s)	Edmund Kirby (?)
Completed	1878
Specifications
Materials	Brick with terracotta dressings Tiled roof
Administration
District	Chester and Stoke
Circuit	Northwich and Winsford
Clergy
Minister(s)	Revd Duncan Ibuuri

The Methodist Church, Weaverham, was an active Methodist church located in Forest Street, Weaverham, Cheshire, England. It was in the Northwich and Winsford Circuit of the Chester and Stoke District.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

Some Methodist services are now held at nearby 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.^[2] It replaced an earlier chapel built in 1835 in Chapel Street.^[3]

Architecture

Built in orange English bond brick, the church has terracotta 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. The lateral bays are canted and contain lancet windows in each face and in each storey. The central bay has a gabled doorway framed by buttresses. 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 decorated with floral panels on the front, and pierced balustrades on the sides.^[2][4]