Zoar Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1991. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.
Zoar Chapel
- WRENN ID
- stony-dormer-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1991
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Zoar Chapel is a Grade II listed building constructed in 1845 for the Street or Particular Baptists. It is made of stock brick with cement dressings and features a slate roof with pedimented gable ends. The chapel has a rectangular single cell plan, with the entrance located at the east end and a Sunday School at the west end, designed in a Neo Classical style.
The east end has three bays, featuring brick pilasters with plain capitals that support an entablature topped with a large moulded cement pediment. This pediment includes a circular ventilator and plaques inscribed with "ZOAR CHAPEL" in the tympanum. The central bay has panelled double doors with a raised panel above, flanked by tall 15-pane sash windows. The right-hand return (north) side has seven bays with similar sash windows, separated by brick pilasters that support a brick entablature. The right side of the gable is recessed and includes a lean-to entrance. A lantern is situated on the ridge of the Sunday School.
Inside, the chapel features plastered arcaded walls and arch-braced roof trusses on corbels, supported by metal tie-rods. At the west end, there is a panelled rostrum with a rail in front, featuring a cast-iron balustrade. The benches have shaped ends, and there is a panelled internal porch at the east end. Two wall tablets are present, one of which commemorates I.C. Johnson, who was responsible for the chapel's plans and construction. Johnson was a manufacturer of Portland cement and the founder of the cement works at Greenhithe.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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