Wargrave Chapel

Wargrave Chapel is a Congregational Church, built in 1835 in a neo-Gothic style. The exterior is painted roughcast with a plinth and small buttresses on the side walls, topped with stone-coped gables to a slate roof. The windows have leaded glass with pointed arches. The chapel comprises a five-bay nave, a west bell tower, and a chancel to the east, sheltered by a pent roof. The front entrance has three bays, with a bell tower in the centre. A flight of three steps leads to the entrance, flanked by pairs of two-light leaded windows with pointed arches and crudely cusped heads. The tower has three stages, with a string mould and full-height engaged hexagonal columns on each corner, featuring a moulded cornice and castellated tops. It also has a battlemented parapet, two-light louvred openings on three sides of the bell chamber, and a recessed two-light leaded casement below. The entrance features a pair of wood planked doors with three-centred heads, set under a pointed arch. A 20th century entrance and parish room extension have been added on the left side. Historic references can be found in the Victoria County History, Volume III, page 192, and in the Buildings of England: Berkshire, page 258.