Description

AUSTREY MAIN ROAD
Stl20tlE (North-east side)
2/8 Austrey Baptist Church

GV ll

Baptist chapel. 1808. Flemish bond brick with brick dentil cornice. Slate roof.
2 storeys; 3 bays. Symmetrical front has C20 double-teal doors, with brick
segmental arch, set within a blank round arch. Small round-arched windows with
glazing bars. All openings have keystones and imposts. Plain shallow-pitched
gable has clock Attached slate monument slab on right, signed C. Cooper and
dated 1825 etc. has incised decoration and inscriptions to the Burton family.
4-bay return sides; fourth bay is slightly set back, Left side has many blocked
windows arid an external stack. Right side has plank door with segmental arch to
fourth by, arid blocked window above. 2-bay rear has altered or blocked
openings. Interior has gallery with panelled front on slender iron columns above
entrance. Opposite end is panelled, with gallery above. Mid/late Cl9 fittings.
(VCHH: Warwickshire: Vol IV, p9)

Listing NGR: SK2965406481

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646894

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