Asset type
Historic building - Place of Worship (Non-conformist)
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0035
Conservation Area (CA)
Preston Park CA
Description
Built in 1877 to 1878 by local architect J.G. Gibbins, originally as a Congregationalist Chapel. Flint walls and pitched slate roof. Gothic in style, the main frontage is set within the gable end, with porched entrance reached by steps and large pointed-arch stone window above. Octagonal turret to southeast corner; no spire. Prominent buttresses to side elevations. Located on the corner of Cumberland Road and Clermont Terrace, it is set slightly back from the road on raised ground bounded by a low flint wall. Extensions to the rear of no particular significance. Source: Antram & Pevsner 2013
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. A good example of a late Victorian chapel
C. Townscape interest
i. Within the Preston Park Conservation Area, the building is atypical of the area due to its use and style of architecture. Situated prominently at the corner of two roads, it contributes to the streetscene.
F. Intactness
i. The building survives largely intact
Date of inclusion
2015
