Monument record MCC7760 - Congregational Church, Fordham

Summary

Non-conformist chapel built in 1789: timber framed, rendered and lined to represent stonework.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 931 293 (87m by 79m) (FCE)
Map sheet TL92NW
Civil Parish FORDHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Non-conformist chapel built in 1789: timber framed, rendered and lined to represent stonework. <1> <2> <3> Chapel of c.1789 associated with Lady Huntingdon. Rendered walls, hipped roof. Inside there is a covered gallery at the west end with a panelled rail on round cast iron stanchions. Early C19 railings to the burial ground. <4> The front, with a gabled porch and hood moulded windows looksc.1840. <5>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Partridge, EG. unknown. SMR.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Partridge, EG. 1983. Fordham Congregational Chapel.
  • <3> MENTION: Partridge, EG. 1983. Fordham Chapel.
  • <4> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Colchester Rural. p141.
  • <5> DESC TEXT: Pevsner, N. 1954. The Buildings of England, Essex. p168.

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Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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