Building record 780/0/11 - Church hall (former United Reform Church), Chapel Lane
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Summary
Former Congregational chapel, originally built in 1810 as a preaching station of Weedon Bec, and converted to a Sunday school in 1880. Brick, slate roof. Single cell plan. 2 bays. West front has central 6-panel double-leaf door with round arched, gauged brick head with fanlight and semi-circular windows above with gauged brick heads and similar glazing to fanlight. Datestone in low gable above. Large round-arched windows to south side, 2 similar windows to east end with 2-light large-pane wood frames. Former vestry to north side, also of brick with gabled roof. Interior noted as having gallery at west end on octagonal columns with simple capitals.
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{1} Former Congregational chapel, now church hall. Dated 1810. Brick, slate roof. Single cell plan. 2 bays. West front has central 6-panel double-leaf door with round arched, gauged brick head with fanlight and semi-circular windows above with gauged brick heads and similar glazing to fanlight. Datestone in low gable above. Large round-arched windows to south side, 2 similar windows to east end with 2-light large-pane wood frames. Former vestry to north side, also of brick with gabled roof. Interior noted as having gallery at west end on octagonal columns with simple capitals.
{3} Now the Sunday School, built in 1810 as a preaching station for Weedon Bec with which the congegation at Flore had been associated since the late 17th century. The former chapel, of brick and slate, has a gabled west front with round-arched doorway, fanlight and semi-circular canopy; two lunettes light the back of the gallery. The side and rear walls have each two tall round-arched windows. Monuments: externally against the west wall (1) Richard Clark Smith, 1822, and Mary Smith, 1843, slate headstone; (2) George Smith, 1834; other headstones of the early 19th century stand in the burial ground to the south and west.
{4} Undated photo;
<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/93 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.
<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.
<3> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p.140 (Report). SNN2902.
<4> Photographs of buildings in Flore (Photographs). SNN112168.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SNN102353 Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 11/93 (checked).
- <2> SNN44900 Catalogue: List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). Daventry District. Dept. of Environment. F06 (unchecked).
- <3> SNN2902 Report: The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1986. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire. RCHME. p.140.
- <4> SNN112168 Photographs: Photographs of buildings in Flore.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 4647e 26e+0 (11m by 11m) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | FLORE, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
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Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 1500035
Record last edited
Jan 18 2024 2:10PM