Congregational Church and Hall, Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Abutting North Corner
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND HALL, DWARF WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE ABUTTING NORTH CORNER, CHAPEL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263903
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Congregational Church and Hall, Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Abutting North Corner
- Statutory Address:
- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND HALL, DWARF WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE ABUTTING NORTH CORNER, CHAPEL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263903
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Congregational Church and Hall, Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Abutting North Corner
- Statutory Address 1:
- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND HALL, DWARF WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE ABUTTING NORTH CORNER, CHAPEL STREET
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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:
- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND HALL, DWARF WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE ABUTTING NORTH CORNER, CHAPEL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dulverton
- National Park:
- Exmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 91322 27752
Details
SS9127
15/70
DULVERTON CP,
CHAPEL STREET (West side)
Congregational Church and hall, dwarf wall, railings and gate abutting north corner
II
Chapel with hall and schoolrooms adjoining. Dated 1831 and 1897. Render grooved as ashlar, slobbered rubble north front, slate hung rear elevation to chapel, exposed rubble and brick to hall, slate roofs, overhanging eaves. Plan: parallel range, chapel extended with school rooms over hall and single storey vestry set at an angle at east end. Gable fronted chapels three 3-light divided tracery windows, centre window shorter above square headed entrance, double panelled doors with fluted architrave, date stone in gabled end 1831. To right, 2-storey, 3-bays cruciform windows with segmental heads, central semi-circular-headed doorway, 6-panel door, datestone in gable end 1897. Interior of chapel, panelled wooden gallery on 3 sides, west end supported by 2 cast iron columns with cavetto moulded capitals, plain cast iron columns supporting returns, all painted to simulate marble. Late C19 fittings. Early C19 stick stair rising in south-west corner with turned newels. East end wall painted with inscription "Holiness becometh thy house O Lord". Hall adjoining with 5 small schoolrooms on first floor, all with stained pine matchboard panelled dados, hall similar with 4 wood and cast iron benches combined with desks, and 2 plain benches, all by George Hammer of London. Interesting examples of late C19 patent furniture. Random rubble boundary wall with cement coping, spearhead railings and gate. Returned on north-nest corner of chapel to Chapel Cottages (not included in this list), about 10 m in length. Sir George Williams founder of the YMCA who was born at Ashway Farmhouse (qv), worshipped here as a boy.
Listing NGR: SS9132227752
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 429314
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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