Building record 0559100000 - TRINITY CHAPEL, EASTON STREET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125142: TRINITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (DBC4952)
Map
Type and Period (3)
- CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL (Built 1850, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Width 12m, Length 20m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
'Trinity Chapel (Congregational)', 'Burial Ground' at NGR (B1).
A meeting house was built in 1714 on the W side of Crendon Street for Presbyterians. A major secession in 1807 led to the building of Trinity Chapel in 1850, designed by Charles Gray Searle. S front of squared rubblestone, in Romanesque style. Brick side walls (illustration) (B2).
Designed by Charles Gray Searle and built in 1850 (more details and photo) (B3).
Grade II. Prominent site facing south, C19, 1850, architect Charles Searle. Norman style with twin south front steeples. Squared rubble, ashlar dressings. Central gabled closed porch with wide archway. Tall round headed windows with ornamental glazing. Welsh slate roofs. Red brick side elevations. Trinity Congregational Church and Nos 1 to 17 (odd) form a group (B4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC10135 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1875. OS 1875 1:500 SCALE MAPS OF HIGH WYCOMBE. 1:500.
- <2>SBC12588 Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1986 INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND M EETING-HOUSES PP18-19.
- <3>SBC12553 Bibliographic reference: Christopher Stell (RCHME). 1986. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Buckinghamshire. p18.
- <4>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 87090 92790 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 2 2023 7:08PM
