Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13802 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Congregational chapel |
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Summary
This is a large square brick building with a pyramidical roof and two timber porches with panelled doors. The entire building was rebuilt in 1821. It has internal galleries supported by iron pillars and the building is surrounded by a burial ground.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2795 8846 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28NE |
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| Parish: | DENTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Congregational chapel.
Rebuilt 1821 according to (S1).
Very fine foursquare brick building with pyramid roof and two timber porches to doorways in facade. Two levels of sash windows. Internal galleries and porches. Burial ground.
See (S2).
September 1951. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
1821. Meeting house type. Red brick rectangular block with low pitched hipped slate roof with wide eaves. Two storeys. Sides 3 widely spaced bays. South front 2 bays, sashes with glazing bars and flat rubbed brick arches. Ground floor left and right doorways with simple porches with slender columns supporting entablature with fluted frieze, moulded doorcases with panelled reveals and doors. Plain interior: box pews intact, gallery on 3 sides supported on slim iron columns and panelled octagonal pulpit on fourth side.
Information from (S3).
M. Dennis (NLA), 7 September 2006.
(S4) Includes description of building, a floor plan and details of monuments.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 8 October 2012.
Monument Types
- NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1821 AD to 2100 AD)
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (19th Century to 21st Century - 1821 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 278. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Directory: Kelly, E.. 1937. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk.. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: NARG. Building Survey. June 1978. |
| <S3> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1172628. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Stell, C.. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 235. |
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