Description

SU 89 NW LACEY GREEN CHAPEL HILL (SPEEN)

7/68 Speen Church (Baptist)

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- II

Baptist church. Earliest part documented 1802, vestry added to right 1817,
extended to rear 1834. Hall added to left 1970s. Original part is of
flint with dentil brick eaves and old tile roof, hipped to left. 2 storeys,
2 bays. Ground floor has semi-circular arched windows with barred
wooden casements and flint arches. 3-light barred wooden casements above.
Round window to centre over flush-panelled door with semi-circular flint
arch and blind tympanum. Vestry to right is dated TG 1817 on brick over
door and has other dated and initialled bricks in door jambs. Flint with
brick dressings. Flush panelled door, paired barred wooden casement
above. Similar narrow wing to rear is dated 18 TA 34 on stone tablet, and
has 2 arched windows and 2 paired casements. Single storey hall with
flat roof, tiled parapet and barred wooden casements. Interior: gallery
of c. 1830-40 around 3 sides with simple stick balustrade, on wooden
column shafts; pulpit with similar balustrade to centre of N. wall; rows
of hat pegs along W. wall; removable shutters to vestry.

Listing NGR: SU8443299759

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452713

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas