Congregational Church Forecourt Wall At Congregational Church

Heritage listing

Details COOMBE STREET 1. 1357 (North East Side) 23.4.52. Congregational Church (Formerly listed as Congregational Chapel) - Forecourt wall at Congregational Church. SY 3492 1/2 GV 2. 1750 to 1755 by John Whitty, Minister and architect. Pebbledash cladding to walls of stone. Hipped slate roof. Coved and moulded cornice. Rusticated quoins. Front elevation 2-storeyed with 4 round-headed windows below and 3 oval openings above, 2 blocked. Round-headed doorway flanked by Doric pilasters with entablature over; panelled double doors. C19 addition at left hand end with gable end to front; rendered; circular window in centre above; below it, 6-panelled door with painted voussoir flanked to either side by a round-headed window. Contemporary fittings within. Forecourt walls: C18 and C19. Wall before chapel has rendered and pebbledash front to Coombe Street but has inner face of red and brown brick above a blue lias base; ashlar coping. Brick gate piers with moulded capping to centre and at ends; outer faces to Coombe Street clad in pebbledash. In centre, C19 gates; rails with fleur-de-lys finials rising alternately to 2 different heights. At left hand end, before C19 extension, a wall of regularly coursed stone rubble; rendered coping. Nos 23 to 28 (consec) together with the Congregational Church and forecourt wall form a group. Listing NGR: SY3417192278 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 404523 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.