Description

ST4916 MONTACUTE CP SOUTH STREET (East side)
8/174 Montacute Baptist Church, and
front boundary wall and railings
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GV II
Baptist Church. 1879, by Morgan H. Davies. Ham stone ashlar; Welsh slate roof between coped gables. In an Early English
style, with gable ends to road. Plinth: main gable features a Geometric rose window under trefoil gable vent, with a
cusped label in pointed segmental-arched recess below left: on south-west corner a quasi-turret with gable end having
segmental- arched doorway flanked by Gothic foliated capital shafts under label roll, above which is a rather wide
cusped lancet and a clock-face in the gable; across main gable and in angle formed by projecting turret, leading to
first floor of same, an open covered stair with pitched Welsh slate roof and arches and pillars to match doorway: cast
iron finials to both gables. C20 chimney stack to north-west corner. Foundation stone with date and architect's name on
front wall. South side elevation has 4 pairs pointed segmental-arched windows under continuous label. Attached to rear
a 7 bay schoolroom block, sash windows below and semi-circular arched casements above under continuous arched label.
Further extension to east. Interior not seen. About 10 metres west the front boundary wall, ashlar with plinth and
angled coping, with square piers having frieze bands and bell- hip caps: railings with taper points to middle and top
rails, fleur-de-lys tops to arch-braced standards, matching gates, adding to setting of Church.

Listing NGR: ST4986216878

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552536

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)