Description

TL 8130 NE 2/129
5210

HALSTEAD
PARSONAGE STREET
Congregational Church

II

Built in 1865 in random dressed stone on a cruciform plan
with steep pitched grey slate roof. North front has 2 entrance
porches, with pitched roofs and 2 centred arches and moulded
jambs. Centre section has 2 small traceried windows at lower
level and large traceried window over. Prominent tower with
stone spire at south west corner. (The spire has been removed).

Interior is complete. Gallery on all sides with panelled
front, supported on cast iron columns. Thinner cast iron
columns above support five arch-braced roof and arcades.
At south (liturgical east) end moulded arch to organ chamber
with large organ over vestry with gothic screen behind the
rostrum. On the north gallery fromt a gothic bracket clock.
Rostrum reading desk and benches intact. Former Sunday School
in basement with cast iron columns supporting floor above.

Listing NGR: TL8153830570

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462627

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair