Listed building or place reference: OU0147 Historic site reference Property St. Ouens Methodist Church Road name La Route de Trodez Parish St. Ouen LocationView on map Grade Listed Building Grade 2 Category Church and Chapel. Statement of significance The St Ouen's Methodist Church site is an important part of Jersey's devotional landscape as it encompasses both the Island's first purpose-built Methodist chapel and one of its most imposing and dramatic examples of Methodist architecture, set within a landscaped area with carriage drive and cemetery. These buildings are important as they are illustrative of the one of the most significant ideological and spiritual movements in the Island, and of the prosperity and aspirations of the local Methodist community of the time. Context n/a External Description The 1809 chapel is a 2-storey gable-roofed box built of rubble granite with quoins and dressed openings. There is a pair of panelled doors with a small-paned fanlight and boot-scrapers to the east front, with flanking windows (one part infilled) and 3 square headed windows above. There are 4 bays of windows on the side walls. Built onto the west end of the chapel is a caretaker's house / manse, with an internal door linking to the chapel. The house appears to date to the 1830s when the chapel was enlarged. There is a later lean-to extension. The 1871 chapel was designed as a dominant feature in the landscape and is built as an Ionic temple with a distyle portico in antis, an apse with half dome to the north, pedimented gables and flanking pilasters. There are small-paned paired and round-arched windows set in segmental-arched ground floor openings and round arches at first floor. Internal Description The interior of the 1809 chapel has an end-entry plan with horseshoe gallery on cast iron columns. The ground floor contains modern seating and porch screen - a pair of early 19th century winder stairs with turned balusters lead to the gallery which retains its early panelled box pews, moulded cornice and ceiling roses. The caretaker's house / manse retains much of its early C19 layout and detail - including a full height stair hall with mahogany staircase, panelled doors, panelled window linings with internal shutters, and fireplaces with flanking integral cupboards. The interior of the 1871 chapel originally had a City Road plan, six bays long. Some elements of decoration survive including a decorative plaster cornice, moulded apse arch and internal graining to doors. The gallery and other fittings were largely removed when the chapel was converted to storage, although some elements - such as the cast-iron communion rail - survive in storage. Special interest Architectural,Historical For the best experience, you will need to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browser to view the map Back to detail page Back to search results Documents Terms and conditions for downloading documents The plans, drawings and material provided have been submitted to the Chief Officer for permissions in respect of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002. They are protected by copyright under the Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Law 2011 (Article 70 of the 2011 Law). The material is being provided to make available for public inspection the Register of Planning and Building Applications and must not be used for other purposes without the prior permission of the copyright owner.The Minister for the Environment makes every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information on this website but cannot accept responsibility for and disclaims all responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of the information provided. For applications approved during or after July 2016 approved documents are available from within the ‘Approved Documents’ section. For applications approved from 15 May 2012 - July 2016 approved documents are available under the ‘Plans’ section. I understand and agree with the terms and conditions. Date Description Size 23/02/2013 ILAP Notices Schedule Listed Building grade 2 874.74 KB Back to search results
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