Church Of The Ascension

TL 00 SE ABBOTS LANGLEY SERGEHILL LANE (Northwest side) Bedmond

3/65 Church of the 9.5.78 Ascension

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Parish church. Built in 1880 for £80 given by W.H. Solly. Pre-fabricated in corrugated iron, walls painted cream on a rendered brick plinth. Gothic Revival Style. W porch. 4 bay nave. SW tower and steeple. 1 bay chancel with vestry outshuts. Gabled entrance porch: pointed arched entrance, cusped finialed bargeboards. W end 2 light Y traceried window with timber hood mould, wavy finialed bargeboards. Tower has a louvred trefoil headed lancet to W, splay footed octagonal belfry with trefoil headed louvred openings. Octagonal spire with elaborate iron finial. Nave has 4 lancet windows in chamfered timber surrounds to each side. Chancel E window is 3 lights with intersecting tracery, wavy bargeboards. Lean-to to N with 2 light window to E and an entrance to W. Smaller lean-to to S with an entrance to E. Interior: completely wood panelled. Simple collar truss roof. Around pointed chancel arch and on wall plates are painted mottos.

Listing NGR: TL0986803891