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At Austin's Presbytery and Attached Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Forebridge, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8004 / 52°48'1"N

Longitude: -2.1153 / 2°6'55"W

OS Eastings: 392321

OS Northings: 322545

OS Grid: SJ923225

Mapcode National: GBR 288.D19

Mapcode Global: WHBDT.GWX0

Plus Code: 9C4VRV2M+5V

Entry Name: At Austin's Presbytery and Attached Chapel

Listing Date: 16 January 1951

Last Amended: 16 February 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1289303

English Heritage Legacy ID: 384055

ID on this website: 101289303

Location: Forebridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17

County: Staffordshire

District: Stafford

Electoral Ward/Division: Forebridge

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Stafford

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Stafford St Paul, Forebridge

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 9 April 2026 to correct a typo in the name and address and reformat the text to current standards

SJ9222NW
590-1/11/101

STAFFORD
WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD (north west side)
No.82, St Austin's Presbytery and attached chapel

(Formerly Listed as: WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD St Austin's Presbytery and School)

16/01/51

GV
II
Presbytery and chapel. 1791. Georgian style. Brick with ashlar dressings; hipped slate roof with return lateral stacks.

EXTERIOR: three storeys; symmetrical three-window range. Sill bands to ground and first floors; top modillioned wooden cornice. Round-headed entrance has doorcase with fluted pilasters, entablature blocks and open pediment, fanlight with radial glazing bars over six-panel door. Windows have rubbed brick flat arches over twelve-pane sashes, those to second floor have sills and nine-pane sashes. Returns have sashes windows. Rear has wing with coped gable with kneelers; small wing to left connecting with church (qv). Blocked end window and some altered windows. Right return has gable of demolished 1816 church, now with C20 glazed infill to four-centred arch.

INTERIOR of chapel has arch with continuous moulding to recess and coved ceiling.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Nairn J: Staffordshire: London: 1974: 249; Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford, (taken from VCH): London: 1979: 250).

Listing NGR: SJ9232122545

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