Listed Building record MDO11866 - United Reformed and Methodist Church, East Street, Bridport

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Summary

A Congregational chapel built in 1859 to a design by architects Poulton and Woodman of Reading.

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Congregational chapel built 1859. Architects Poulton and Woodman of Reading. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Pitched roof. Nave and 2 aisles. "W" front expresses this by buttresses with setbacks crowned by octagonal spirelets with steep gablets on each side. Coped gable end, crow-stepped at very top and crowned by tall finial. Large 5-light grouped lancets, centre 3 lights grouped together under 1 arch and divided from remainder by colonnettes: reticulated tracery hood mould. Pointed arch in gable end with Geometrical tracery. <1>


<1> Stell, C, 1991, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England, 109 (Monograph). SDO11597.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1486379 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Stell, C. 1991. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England. 109.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1486379.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 46756 92857 (31m by 68m)
Map sheet SY49SE
Civil Parish Bridport; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 016 391
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SE 220
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1486379

Record last edited

Dec 22 2022 4:25PM

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