Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/02/2018

SJ 89 SE, 698-1/9/693

MANCHESTER,
FALLOWFIELD,
WILMSLOW ROAD (west side),
Unitarian Chapel (Platt Chapel)

03/10/74

II

Unitarian chapel (premises of Manchester Amateur Photographic Society when surveyed). 1790, possibly by John Carr of York; altered 1874. Red brick in Flemish bond, slate roof with red tiled ridge pieces. Small rectangular plan with canted apse at north end, added wing and C20 additions to west side. Single storey, three bays of round-headed blank arches with stone imposts, a round-headed multi-paned window with radiating glazing bars in each bay; corbel table to eaves and coped gables (probably of 1874). Gabled entrance front at south end with gabled Romanesque-style doorway (of 1874) flanked by small round-headed windows, a large round-headed blank arch above containing a window of three stepped, tall round-headed lights and flanked by similar windows, all these windows with radiating glazing bars; and gabled apex bellcote. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8557194468

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560561

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover