Brighthelm Church and Community Centre
BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, NORTH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380613
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Brighthelm Church and Community Centre
- Statutory Address:
- BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, NORTH ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380613
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Brighthelm Church and Community Centre
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, NORTH ROAD
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:
- BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, NORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30958 04561
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3004NE NORTH ROAD
577-1/32/734 (South side)
13/10/52 Brighthelm Church and Community
Centre
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
The Presbyterian Church)
II
Formerly known as: Hanover Chapel.
Nonconformist chapel. Built as the Hanover Chapel in 1825, and
now part of the Brighthelm Church and Community Centre.
Stucco, roof obscured by parapet.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys over basement, 4-window range to the
principal front. This consists of a centre of 2-window range
and 2 outer pedimented bays of one window each flanked by
giant Doric pilasters.
Flat-arched entrance to each of the outer bays under a
prostyle Doric porch with entablature;in the centre a pair of
Venetian windows in the Adam manner with Doric engaged
columns; storey band running behind pilasters; the first-floor
windows are square with eared and shouldered architraves;
entablature; pediments to outer bays; parapet raised at the
centre with antefixae.
Returns of 2-window range to the frontispiece and 4-window
range to the body of the church.
The church appears to have been very extensively rebuilt when
it was incorporated in the Brighthelm Church and Community
Centre in 1985-7 and there are no interior features of
architectural or historic interest.
The listing applies only to the rebuilt chapel.
Listing NGR: TQ3095804561
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480936
- 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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