United Reformed Church

BRENTWOOD

TQ5993 NEW ROAD 723-1/12/97 (West side) 20/02/76 United Reformed Church (Formerly Listed as: NEW ROAD, Brentwood Congregational Church)

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Church and hall. 1847 and 1982. Grey and yellow brick, with stuccoed front, slate roof. Rectangular plan, rear ground floor projection also rectangular with C20 central projecting porch with canted sides. 2 storeys. E front elevation, 2 storeyed with full width pediment, 6 bays, central 4 break forward, Ionic entablature between ground and first floor. Ground floor, central 4 bays have pilasters to the entablature with 4 original entry doorways between, each now either fully glazed or with C20 2-leaved glazed door. Outer bays have original doorways, now fully glazed. First floor has round headed windows matching bays below - metal casement with glazing bars, 5x3 panes - outer ones narrower than central 3. Semicircular heads similarly glazed, radiating and concentric glazing bars. Pediment has central `thermal' window with keystone, roof vent above and acroterion on apex. Rear, W elevation, low pitched gable of main roof with C19 ground floor projection with hipped roof. C20 door in porch with cant sides and stone door surround, door of 2 leaves, each leaf with 3 long glazed panels. Each side, C19 segment headed casement window with metal glazing bars, 5x7 panes. Large projecting C20 window rises from hipped roof with 5 cant sides, fully glazed with vertical glazing bars, hipped roof over. Plastic imitation slates used on upper and lower visible roofs. N and S side elevations of 6 bays have ground and first floor windows that are similar to those on front elevation with metal frames and glazing bars. Ground floor segment headed, first floor round headed. S elevation, W bay has a 2-leaf glazed door. N elevation, second bay from E front has a 4-panelled door with fixed side panel. INTERIOR: rebuilt and subdivided in 1982 to contain a lower community room with church on first floor. Some original pews and iron-work preserved and resited in the church.

Listing NGR: TQ5950893593