Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8671 QUEEN STREET
1012-1/9/112 (South side)
22/03/83 Church House
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEEN STREET
(South side)
United Reformed Church)

GV II

Church, now offices. 1875, converted into offices 1976.
Squared Devon limestone, slate roof. Gothic Revival Decorated
style. Rectangular plan with a forward entrance tower flanked
by lower and narrower wings.
EXTERIOR: west tower in 3 stages: decorative quatrefoil
oxidized copper bands and quoins to an octagonal slate spire;
pierced parapet with diagonally-set finials to corners and
sides; machicolation over 3-light louvred pointed-arched
belfry openings, with loopholes below; gabled clasping
buttresses flank 3-light traceried windows; a gabled
pointed-arched doorcase has a quatrefoil to the tympanum.
The flanking wings have 2-light windows and weathered corner
buttresses and porches in returns with pointed arches and
2-light cusped-headed windows above. 5-bay returns with
similar 2-light windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(BoE: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 587).

Listing NGR: SX8624271323

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548275

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas