Description

SW 94 SW TREGONY FORE STREET (south-east side)
TREGONY
5/96 Congregational Church and
- boundary wall
30-5-67
GV II

Independent chapel and boundary walls, gate piers and gates. Plaque dated 1824 and
1876. Slatestone rubble with granite dressings and low pitched roof with gable
ends. Gothic features in Classical arrangement. Symmetrical, rectangular plan with
later lean-to extensions. Entrance front facing street has central entrance in
pointed arched opening with original double doors and blind fanlight with
intersecting glazing bars. Small circular wheel window over flanked by original
small paned sashes with intersecting glazing bars within pointed arched openings.
Gable is in the form of a classical pediment enclosed by string and coping with 3
plain pinnacles over acroteria. Small oval central daated tablet. Each side wall
has 2 pointed arched windows with marginal glazing probably 1876 within pointed
arched openings.
Interior has pine pews to sides and middle approached by 2 inner entrances. Plain
panelled backs may be of 1876. Pulpit is approached by a short flight of steps to
each side and has Gothic frontal panels. Organ was removed from chapel in Grampound
was installed here in 1971. Gallery on 3 sides is supported on wooden pillars
painted to simulate marble and Gothic panelled front is cantilevered out on shaped
wooden brackets. Chamfered balusters to both gallery stairs, pulpit stairs and to
the gallery pew backs by windows to admit more light. Rubble boundary wall has
entrance to street with pair of square granite gate post with pyramidal caps.
Wrought iron gates have diagonal crosses to bottom rail and circles to lock rail
with curved top rails forming arch.

Listing NGR: SW9250944875

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513671

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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