Dulwich Grove United Reformed Church And Church Hall

SOUTHWARK

TQ3375SE EAST DULWICH GROVE 636-1/49/323 (South side) Dulwich Grove United Reformed Church and Church Hall

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Congregational church. Dated 1889, By James Cubitt. Hall of c1890. Red brick in English bond with stone dressings and roofs of slate and tile. Gothic Revival style. PLAN: nave of single bay with organ bay to ritual west and pair of transepts to each return elevation; the latter galleried; porches with pitched and lean-to roofs flanking the main gable end, and entrance elevation, to East Dulwich Grove. EXTERIOR: traceried roundel to ritual west end with trio of windows below, the range flanked by setback buttresses; blind tracery to gable peak. Brick and stone bellcote several metres from gable peak, on roof ridge; tall broached spirelet to metal cross. INTERIOR: west gallery with organ of late C19 or early C20 date, its bay demarcated by a segmental pointed arch. Narrow bays at west and east ends of the nave; centre of nave treated as a single bay, spanned to the transepts by an exceptionally broad, flattened segmental pointed arch. This long span is an unusual and noteworthy feature, and made from wood. Boarded ceiling. Wood roofs to transepts. Dais at ritual east, the 'chancel arch' removed subsequent to war damage. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: linked to the church by a low brick range is a gable-facing church hall, the main gable end with a trio of stepped lancets. The interior has been much altered.

Listing NGR: TQ3357875078