The Old Chapel

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ST 77 SW 8/37

COLD ASHTON C.P. BATH ROAD The Old Chapel

(Formerly listed as LOWER LYNCH Congregational Church)

II

Congregational Church, used as storage building at time of listing. 1865. Rubble with stone dressings, slate roofs with raised coped verges and kneelers. Nave, south east turret, east porch. Neo-Norman style. Three-bay nave has two round-headed windows with chevron carving at the heads, ashlar surround, octagonal turret with prominent quoins, round-headed slit windows and embattled parapet; porch has round-headed opening with chevrons carved at soffit of arch, jamb shafts on plain pedestals with scalloped capitals, string course above capitals, round-headed side lights, plank door with decorative strap hinges, name stone in gable, very worn, roll finial. South elevation of nave has large circular window with splayed glazing bars; north elevation has door and four-pane window in chamfered ashlar surround, round-headed lancet in gable; plinth and quoins. West elevation and interior not accessible; in poor condition at time of survey, (August 1984), overgrown in part with ivy.

Listing NGR: ST7460572337