Description

SO 8005 SE STONEHOUSE BATH ROAD
(south side)

7/139 Wycliffe College chapel spire

II

Tower with spire. 1921 -for Wycliffe College. Ashlar limestone;
coursed and squared rubble to lower stage. Two-stage tower, lower
stage having angle buttresses with gabled tops. Recessed brass
inscription memorial plate on east side with crocketed projecting
hood; 2-light lancet on north side. Two large 2-light louvred
belfry openings with tracery to each face of upper stage. Plain
corner pilasters to upper stage project up to become square
pinnacles with trefoil panel to each face and spirelet tops each
linked by small flying buttress to base of octagonal spire. Top of
upper stage is octagonal with crenellated parapet; circular clock
face with hoodmould to each face of tower just below crenellation.
Small lucarnes to spire on cardinal faces. Attached chapel
building is not of special interest. Tower and spire were added as
war memorial to previous Methodist Church, burnt down in 1939.
Present chapel rebuilt in 1952.

Listing NGR: SO8073005092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383008

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)