Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.
Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- pale-footing-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Church, dated 1898, is constructed from coursed mudstone blocks with rock-faced granite quoins, red brick dressings, and Portland stone kneelers and coping. It features a slate roof adorned with crested ridgetiles that have small trefoils. This single-cell church is oriented on an east-west axis and includes an entrance porch on the north side, as well as a lower and narrower vestry at the east end. Designed in the Early English Gothic style, the north side showcases four lancet windows and a central gabled porch.
The brick chamfered plinth and drip course at the window sill level are interrupted by buttresses located between the windows. The windows, which are arch-headed lancets with brick surrounds and moulded reveals, contain panels of small rectangular and diamond-shaped leaded translucent glass, some of which are coloured. The porch features a horizontal band of decorative brickwork beneath the gable, positioned above the brick two-centred outer arch with a moulded surround and hood.
On the right (west) gable end, there is a brick plinth and a moulded drip course at the sill level, over a band of decorative brickwork. Three similar horizontal bands are present above, with the lower two interrupted by the four lancet windows, which are a series of closely set arch-headed lancets; the centre pair is taller than the outer pair. Above the top band, there is a circular oculus. The south side mirrors this style and includes five lancets with buttresses in between, all featuring original translucent leaded glass.
Two granite foundation stones are located on either side of the west side, just above the plinth, with the right side laid by Carter Pedler and the left by Robert Pedler, both dated 1898. The interior retains largely original furnishings and fittings, all in the Gothic style.
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