Fishergate Baptist Church
FISHERGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, FISHERGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279822
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Fishergate Baptist Church
- Statutory Address:
- FISHERGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, FISHERGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279822
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Fishergate Baptist Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- FISHERGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, FISHERGATE
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:
- FISHERGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, FISHERGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Preston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 53611 29267
Details
PRESTON
SD5329SE FISHERGATE 941-1/11/106 (North side) 29/01/86 Fishergate Baptist Church
GV II
Baptist chapel. 1858, by James Hibbert. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Rectangular plan at right-angles to street, with south-east tower. Romanesque style. Two storeys over basement, a gabled symmetrical facade treated as an open pediment, with floor with enriched cornice, a wide round-headed arch in the centre containing coupled Mozarabic-arched doorways (up 8 steps with wrought-iron railings protecting the basement area), and coupled round-headed arches each side with round-headed windows, all these arches with pilastered surrounds and heavily carved imposts; at 1st floor, a very large wheel window in the centre flanked by smaller ones, all with hoodmoulds; enriched cornice to corner pilasters and pediment. The tower has an enriched doorway at ground floor, single lancets at 1st floor and coupled lancets at 2nd floor with shafts (all these in Mozarabic style with carved enrichments), clock-faces at 3rd floor with enriched hoodmoulds, coupled ocluli at 3rd floor with similar hoodmoulds and pierced tracery, a Lombard frieze, prominent cornice with birds projecting from the corners, and a tall pyramidal roof. East side wall has (inter alia) 6 tall attenuated pointed arched 2-light windows with twisted shafts. Rear gable has two 2-light mullioned windows and a large wheel window. INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD5361129267
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391987
- 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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