Description

SE0838 BINGLEY WILSDEN ROAD
(east side)
Harden

13/202 Harden Congregational
30.4.82 Church

GV II

Chapel. c1865. Ashlar front, hammer-dressed stone to sides and rear,
Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storeys. Pedimented gable front with 3-bay
symmetrical facade. Basement plinth; battered channelled quoin pilasters
to ground floor; rising from string course to 1st-floor panelled quoin
pilasters; frieze and strongly-modelled bracketed pediment overall
containing scrolled cartouche. Flight of steps up to doorway which has
flanking pilasters with scrolled lugs to bases, panelled spandrels to
fan-light arch and cornice over. All windows semicircular-arched with
archivolts. Those to ground floor have consoles to sills, double-framed
with very slightly pointed voussoired and keyed arches on panelled
imposts. 1st floor has impost band linking slightly pointed archivolts,
coupled window to centre with Tuscan column dividing the lights.
Modillion cornice and frieze. Left and right returns of 5 bays with
sill bands and string courses. Windows have archivolts on console
imposts, those to ground floor with keystones. ` 8

Listing NGR: SE0862538323

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587871

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)