Description

TQ 67 SW GRAVESEND PEACOCK STREET

7/233 Zoar Chapel

II

Chapel of the Street or Particular Baptists. 1845. Stock brick with cement
dressings. Slate roof with pedimented gable ends.

Rectangular single cell plan with entrance at east end and Sunday School at the west end. Neo Classical style.

3-bay east end with brick pilasters with plain capitals supporting entablature with large moulded cement pediment with circular ventilator and plaques inscribed ZOAR CHAPEL in tympanum; panelled double doors with raised panel above in central bay and tall 15-pane sashes in flanking bays. 7-bay right hand return (north) with similar sashes with brick pilasters between supporting brick entablature on similar brick pilasters, the right hand part of gable recessed and with lean-to entrance. Lantern on ridge of Sunday School.

Interior: Plastered arcaded walls. Arch braced roof trusses on corbels with metal tie-rods. Panelled rostrum at west end with rail in front with cast-iron
balustrade. Benches with shaped ends. Panelled internal porch at east end. Two
wall tablets, one of which is to I.C Johnson, who was responsible for the plans and erection of the chapel. Johnson was a manufacturer of Portland cement and founder of the cement works at Greenhithe.

Listing NGR: TQ6501673796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533024

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)