Eastcombe Baptist Church And The Manse

SO 8804-8904 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT EASTCOMBE

15/35 Eastcombe Baptist Church and The Manse

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Baptist church and manse. Manse early C19; church 1860. Coursed rubble limestone with ashlar dressings; ashlar chimneys to manse; Welsh slate roof. Rectangular double height church with under- storey at north-west end. Two-storey manse on south-west side. South-east front: moulded parapet gable with small bellcote with spirelet. Central round-arched doorway with glazing bars to fanlight; double 6-panel doors. Inscription around arch: 'ENTER INTO HIS-GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE'. Two-light Romanesque style window above. Two other round-arched windows to each level. Clock face below bellcote with hoodmould. Three-window fenestration to manse to left, all 16-pane sashes with stone lintels. Central doorway with 6-panel door; rectangular light over. North-east side: 2 round-arched windows at each level. Rear: plain parapet gable end. Two round-arched windows; small circular window centrally above with stained glass. Central doorway to under-storey with rectangular light over plain door; four 16-pane sashes. Altered fenestration to rear of manse. Interior to chapel: plain tunnel vault supported on 4-bay round- arched arcades with cast iron columns. Panelled front to gallery. Organ above entrance has projecting segmental fronted balustrade. Various C19 memorials, some transferred from earlier church building contemporary with manse. (M.D. Lambert and J. Shipman, The Unknown Cotswold Village: Eastcombe 1500-1980, 1981).

Listing NGR: SO8900304362