Description

TOWCESTER MEETING LANE
SP6948
13/137 Roman Catholic Church
19/08/76

- II

Church, formerly non-conformist chapel. Built 1846. Coursed squared limestone
and ironstone, slate roof. Single-cell plan. Classical style. Pair of rendered
pedimented porches to south gable end with double-leaf doors. Round-arched
windows above in round-arched recesses with rendered heads. Gable of red brick
with moulded stone eaves continued across its base to form a pediment. Ironstone
and limestone quoins, to front angles. Sides have 3 round-arched giant niches
within arches framing segmental-headed windows to ground floor and round-arched
windows above. 2-storey wing to rear gable end with pairs of round-arched
windows to ground and first floors. Rear gable wall and left side of wing are of
red brick, rear gable end of wing of coursed limestone and ironstone rubble.
Windows all have cast-iron frames. Interior has gallery at entrance end on
cast-iron columns incorporating clock by Sidney Hall, Towcester, to middle of
panelled wood gallery front. Wing to rear houses vestry to ground floor and
former school room to first floor with large round-arched hinged double-leaf
panels which can be opened to give a view down into the chapel. Formerly an
Independent Congregational chapel.

Listing NGR: SP6931048598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292724

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)