Description

1.
5135 CHURCH STREET
(North Side)
Wolverton
Methodist Church
SP 8141 2/231

II

2.
Gable end to street with square tower at west side. Rebuilt 1892 (by Even Harper
of Birmingham). Brick with stone dressings, decorated tracery and other ornament,
strings, kneelers and coping. Central gabled pinch with crockets and finials with
recessed entrances to left and right. Ogee hood mould below gable over pointed
arch on stone columns. Tip of gable decorated. Strings over ground floor and
at impost level of 2 tall decorated lancets with round windows over. 2 lancets
with hood moulds flank porch. 3 gable tip vents above further string. Coped gable
with pinnacle. Tower of 3 stages, belfry on 3rd stage with louvred openings in
paired round heeded windows. Corner finials rise through short parapet. Hexagonal
stone base for unbuilt steeple above. Entrance to tower also has ogee hood mould.
Tiled roof with spirelet on ridge.

Listing NGR: SP8180941155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453064

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (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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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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