Description

SW 83 NE GERRANS THE LUGGER (south side),Portscatho

3/44 Portscatho United Reformed Church
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GV II

Nonconformist chapel. 1822. Stucco over rubble walls and dry Delabole slate roof
with gable ends. Rectangular plan with rostrum at east end, gallery at west end and
north porch. Simple Early English Gothic style. Single storey. 3 window north,
entrance front.
Main entrance porch between windows 2 and 3 with central pointed doorway, double
wooden doors with elaborate iron hinges and plaster hoodmould. 2 tier diagonal
buttresses with offsets. Exposed purlin ends and rafter gable with turned finial and
pendant. Further pointed doorway with hoodmould to far right. Wooden windows each
with 2 pointed arched lights in pointed arched opening with hoodmould.
Little altered interior has segmental arched plaster ceiling with moulded cornice
containing acanthus and roses. Central rose with similar detail and 2 roses with
Greek key detail. Gallery front has blind intersecting round arches. Cast iron wall
Cast iron wall candelabra, Rostrum altered slightly, pulpit circa 1920.

Listing NGR: SW8788035183

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433777

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)