Description

CHESTER-LE-STREET LOW CHARE NZ 25 SE (South side) 4/30 United Reformed Church II

Former Bethel Congregational Chapel,now United Reformed Church. 1814, remodelled 1860 (plaque on front). Squared stone front, rendered returns and rear, Welsh slate roof. Small rectangular-plan chapel.

Gabled front has low plinth. Central pair of doors and plain fanlight in round-arched surround with panelled jambs, impost blocks, archivolt and keystone. Plaque above door, inscribed BETHEL, is flanked by round-arched windows in similar surrounds with replaced 16-pane sashes and radial-glazed heads. Large oculus above, with radial glazing, is flanked by 2 panels inscribed REMODELLED and 1860. Small louvred oculus in gable. Narrow semi-octagonal apse, flanked by large round-arched windows, on rear.

Interior has curved, panelled balcony on thin iron columns.

Listing NGR: NZ2750651384

External Links

• Wikidata Q26414148

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