Description

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5363 BATH STREET
(West side)

Former Rook Lane
ST 7747 NE 10/7 Congregational Chapel

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Ashlar front dated 1707 (altered). 2 tiers of 7 windows, moulded plinth, cornice,
parapet, central pediment spanning 5 windows, string course and moulded quoins.
Arched window openings with quoined and eaved architraves, and bracketted cills;
patterned cast iron window bars. Central doorway with open pediment, bolection
surround; pediment break ornamented by urn with flames above. Side lobbies added
in matching style in 1862 for gallery stairs and entrances and centre doorway
blocked off despite the painted admonition on the lintel "Keep thy foot when thou
goest to the House of God". These lobbies have segment headed doors with eaved
architraves, above are circular lights with eaved architraves. Hipped modern tile
roof with central weathervane. Ornamental gas lamp on corner. 1862 extensions to
rear. Interior: 2 large central column on fluted bases and with Doric entablature.
Top lit 1862 gallery on 3 sides with evidence of a domed roof structure which is
still intact. It is said that this chapel was locally known as The Cupola".

Listing NGR: ST7753147873

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Rook Lane Chapel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7366191

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House