Cornerstone Church, Torpoint
Cornerstone Church, Torpoint
Cornerstone is a Grade II former Wesleyan chapel on the corner of Fore Street and Quarry Street, Torpoint, Cornwall. It is now a united Methodist and United Reformed congregation in the Plymouth and Devonport Circuit.
- Location
- Torpoint, Cornwall
- Country
- England
- County
- Cornwall
- City / town
- Torpoint
- Address
- Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2AD
- Postcode
- PL11 2AD
- Built
- 1795; extended 1908
- Denomination
- Methodist & United Reformed Church
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Georgian chapel with early C20 remodelling
- Materials
- Rubble with slate roof; rusticated pilasters and pediment to Quarry Street
- Grid reference
- SX 440 552
- Opening hours
- We are a friendly, warm and welcoming church, open Tuesday morning from 10am, Saturday morning from 9.30am and Sunday mornings, all welcome.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England lists the building as Wesleyan Methodist Church, dated 1795 on the Quarry Street front, with an extension dated 1908 and considerable remodelling at that date. The chapel occupies land granted to twelve Methodist tradespeople and dockyard workers by the Pole-Carew family; the original deed is displayed inside. Fabric is rubble under a slate roof. The Quarry Street elevation has rusticated pilasters, a pediment, and a panel inscribed Wesleyan Chapel 1795.
The 1795 gallery survives over the vestibule, with a panelled front on cast-iron fluted piers. The listing records dado panelling, a rostrum with fish-scale cast-iron panels, and a ceiling line marking the 1908 extension. Cottages along Quarry Street were adapted as a schoolroom and meeting rooms. After dereliction in the 1990s the two local congregations restored the building as a place of worship and community space, keeping the gallery and stained glass. The Methodist Church lists the congregation's site at penncirrus.co.uk/Cornerstone.