Description

SD 85 SE
2/88

HORTON,
HORTON VILLAGE (east side)
Congregational Chapel

GV II

Chapel, opened 1816. Squared watershot sandstone with stone slate
roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Windows have plain stone surrounds. Those
on the 1st floor are modern, but the 2 on the ground floor have
margin lights. The doors, in the outer bays, have plain stone surrounds
with projecting keystones and impost blocks, and fanlights with
radiating glazing bars. Gutter carried on rectangular stone brackets.
End chimneys. At the rear are 2 windows with pointed heads. Interior
has gallery on 3 sides, supported on slim iron columns and with a
panelled front and box pews. Against the rear wall, which has a
niche between the 2 pointed windows, is a raised podium with rails and
chamfered balusters. In front, at a lower level, are communion rails of
similar design.

Listing NGR: SD8561750220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327551

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)