Accolade Furnishing
ACCOLADE FURNISHING, FORE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205564
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Accolade Furnishing
- Statutory Address:
- ACCOLADE FURNISHING, FORE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-09-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/00035/02
- Rights:
- © Mr Richard Bland. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205564
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Accolade Furnishing
- Statutory Address 1:
- ACCOLADE FURNISHING, FORE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ACCOLADE FURNISHING, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chard Town
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 32351 08591
Details
CHARD
ST3308 FORE STREET 756-1/4/66 (South side) 29/07/76 Accolade Furnishing (Formerly Listed as: FORE STREET (South side) Slades Room (Auction Rooms))
GV II
Wesleyan chapel, now shop. c1814, passed to Wesleyan Reformers c1850, re-purchased by Wesleyans 1880 and superceded c1894. Stucco with stone hoodmoulds to pointed arches and coping to front-facing gable; slate roof. Gothic-Revival style. Facade is set-back from street with c1960 shopfront filling the space. First floor has tall central window of 4 x 6 panes flanked by 2 broader and lower windows of 5 x 3 panes; all have interlocking glazing bars infilling the Gothic arches. INTERIOR: original gallery around 3 sides, supported by chamfered square wooden columns. The staircase, with turned newel, has been repositioned. (Stell C: Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in SW England: London: 1991-: P.171).
Listing NGR: ST3234608590
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 374096
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Stell, C, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in South West England, (1991), 171
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 19:23:54.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.