The Free Church

NORTON WAY SOUTH 1. 5255 (west side)

The Free Church TL 2232 9/82 II 2. 1923 by B Parker. Classical style with Greek cross plan form. Welsh slate roofs. Brown brick with red brick dressings and wooden modillion cornice carried round the open pediments of the 4 arms of the building. Architraved sash windows with flat gauged brick arches, dressings and glazing bars. Main east front with 3-bay arcaded entrance approached by steps. This is the most important of the post World War I buildings in Letchworth. Represents a radical change in style and materials from the informal Arts and Crafts idiom to a more formal classicism.

Listing NGR: TL2204632542