Description

DOWNTON SOUTH LANE SU 1721 (east side) 5/119 Baptist Church

GV II

Baptist Church. 1857. English bond brick with diapers in vitrified headers, Welsh slate roof, limestone ashlar bellcote. Nave and chancel with north west porch. West end lean-to porch to left with double panelled doors and fanlight. West front has large round-arched 2-light windows with margin panes and rose window, either side are round-arched margin-pane windows, vertical division of facade by pilasters with raking plinths. Deep eaves on wooden brackets, gabled bellcote to west gable. Left return has porch and round window over, to left are two pairs of tall margin-pane windows, same pilasters as front. Right return has three pairs of tall margin-pane windows. Rear is east end with gabled roof with round windows, lower roof levels for church rooms with C20 windows. Interior not accessible but arrangement of rooms has been altered. Unusual bold design, replacing a late C18 church on same site.

Listing NGR: SU1749521399

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)