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Latitude: 51.4676 / 51°28'3"N
Longitude: -0.9727 / 0°58'21"W
OS Eastings: 471453
OS Northings: 174790
OS Grid: SU714747
Mapcode National: GBR QL9.LC
Mapcode Global: VHDWT.3C3S
Plus Code: 9C3XF29G+2W
Entry Name: Caversham Baptist Free Church
Listing Date: 14 December 1978
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1113562
English Heritage Legacy ID: 39131
ID on this website: 101113562
Location: Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4
County: Reading
Electoral Ward/Division: Caversham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Reading
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Caversham Thameside and Mapledurham
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Church building
PROSPECT STREET
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5128
Caversham
Caversham Baptist
Free Church
SU 7174 11/266a
II
2.
1875-77. Alfred Waterhouse architect. Difficult corner site, Gothic style.
6 bay rain hall to Prospect Street, 2 stage tower to south-west (corner) angle
and gable end front to south. Red brick with stone capped plinth and inner
window reveals. Grey blue decoration (to south front). Banded tile roof.
West front: paired lancets with separating buttresses (containing tumbled brickwork),
the 2 right hand bays have lower windows with herring bone and decorative infill.
Corbelled brick eaves cornice in 2 layers. Small 2 bay projection to north.
Tower has chamfered corners, 2 tall stages and a decorative upper stage; capped
by tall hipped roof with weathervane. South front: stepped triple lancet with
over arch and decorative infill below; central gabled porch with flanking lean-to
annexes. Punched lozenges in gable and in kneeler to right. The interior
has been well maintained. Low brick wall angled to corner site fronts South
Street, stone chamfered capping. This building is included as a good example
of Waterhouse's use of materials with brick, stone and roof tiles of different
colours.
Listing NGR: SU7145374790
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