Description

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TQ 75 NW
8/86

AYLESFORD
ROCHESTER ROAD
No 31, The Old Church
Former Methodist Church including Sunday School

(Formerly listed as Methodist Church including Sunday School, ROCHESTER ROAD)

GV
II
Former Methodist Church. c.1850 (no dedication stone visible). Built of Kentish ragstone. Slate roof having gable end with kneelers. Windows throughout have unusual octagonal glazing which is typical of the parish. West end has large triple lancet window with corbel heads. Angled buttresses to sides. North and south gabled porches with ribbed wooden doors. Five lancets to pews and apsidal ended chancel with coloured glass. Attached to east is one storey ragstone and slate Sunday School.

Interior: has gallery supported on octagonal fluted columns with panels divided by pilasters. Stick balusters to edge of gallery. Boarded roof with scissor truss to chancel and two arched braces to nave. Original pews, pulpit, proscription panel and organ case.

Listing NGR: TQ7319859030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644982

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)