Description

ST8053 RODE CP HIGH STREET (South East side)

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Rode Baptist Church, forecourt
wall, gate piers and gates
11.3.68

GV II

Baptist church. Dated 1780 on tablet. Random rubble, dressed quoins, coped gable to frontage, continuous moulded
cornice extending across the base of the gable, slate roof. Plain 2-storey facade, 3 bays; Gothicised sash windows
with glazing bars in semi-circular headed bead-moulded stone surrounds. Central door opening in a similarly moulded
stone surround, paired 3-panelled door, moulded slab hood on cut stone brackets. Single storey, 2-bay assembly room
projecting to rear, paired 12-pane sash windows. Galleried interior with panelled and glazed internal entrance lobby,
gallery supported on slightly bellied turned wooden columns; late C19 pews and pulpit. Paired ashlar gate piers to
forecourt with plain pyramidal cappings, coursed rubble wall extending 7 metres to North and 25 metres to South
incorporating secondary pair of ashlar gate piers giving access to graveyard; paired railed gates to main entrance.

Listing NGR: ST8048453926

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310202

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)