Methodist Church

Date:
29 Jul 2001
Location:
Methodist Church, London Street, Swaffham, Breckland, Norfolk, PE37 7DD
Reference:
IOE01/04152/30
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SWAFFHAM

TF8208 LONDON STREET 809-1/8/24 (East side) 17/01/73 Methodist Church

GV II

Wesleyan chapel, now Methodist church. 1813. Gault-brick facade, rendered returns and slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2-storey elevation in 3 bays. Each bay separated by panelled giant pilasters. C20 fixed windows with margin glazing and coloured glass, those to upper floor arched and set within arched recesses. Gauged arches. Centre window a horned sash. Centre bay at ground floor with 4 Roman Doric columns rising to plain cornice and forming a recessed porch. 6-panelled doors in north and south inner walls of porch, with doorcases with paterae. Red brick eaves cornice carrying 4 stone obelisks on parapet. Pediment over centre bay. Hipped roof. INTERIOR: panelled west gallery on 3 cast-iron columns reached by 2 stick-baluster staircases. Suspended C20 timber ceiling.

Listing NGR: TF8201808840

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0175 IOE Records taken by Peter C Bewes; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Peter C. Bewes. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Bewes, Peter C.

Rights Holder: Bewes, Peter C.

Keywords

Brick, Render, Slate, Georgian Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Methodist Chapel, Nonconformist Chapel, Chapel, Place Of Worship