United Reformed Church
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST PETER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384959
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- United Reformed Church
- Statutory Address:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST PETER STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384959
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Apr-2000
- List Entry Name:
- United Reformed Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST PETER 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:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST PETER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tiverton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 95374 12568
Details
TIVERTON
SS9512 ST PETER STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/318 United Reformed Church
12/02/52
(Formerly Listed as:
ST PETER'S STREET
(West side)
Congregational Church)
GV II
United Reformed Church (formerly Congregational). 1831
(Pevsner), with later C19 features inside, foundation date of
chapel on site 1660 (datestone). Grey limestone ashlar; slate
roof concealed behind parapet.
STYLE: described as "cheerfully eclectic" by Pevsner.
PLAN: end on to the street, immediately north of the memorial
rooms (separately listed). Rectangular galleried plan.
EXTERIOR: 3-bay, the outer bays slightly broken forward,
shallow pedimented gable over the central bay with a large
square-on-plan finial. String course below upper tier of
windows and coved cornice to outer bays below plain coped
parapet with modillion frieze below centre bay and short
sections of horizontal modillion frieze in outer bays.
Central round-headed doorway with hoodmould with label stops;
steps up to sliding doors with vertical sunk panels and blind
timber arched fanlight with Gothick detail. The doorway was
lit by a good late C19 lamp at the apex on a fancy, stout,
scrolled cast-iron bracket.
Ground-floor windows have round-headed recessed arches with
hoodmoulds to the inner order, windows glazed with 6-pane
fixed lights. Tall, round-headed gallery windows in the outer
bays with hoodmoulds. Fixed windows with glazing bars and a
roundel in the head. Similar triple window in the centre bay
with continuous hoodmould.
Rear elevation has hipped roof and one very tall round-headed
louvred opening.
INTERIOR: partially inspected. C19 gallery on columns with
cast-iron balustrade; stout late C19 benches with shaped ends;
late C19 or early C20 organ case.
This building forms a good C19 grey limestone group with the
Memorial Rooms and No.2 St Peter Street (qqv) to the south.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
807).
Listing NGR: SS9537412568
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485418
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 807
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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