Information for record number MWA1952:
Brook Street Congregational Church, Warwick

Summary Brook Street Congregational Church, Warwick, was a Nonconformist chapel built in the Imperial period. It was closed for worship in 1981, and has been converted to offices.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Congregational Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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4 Seceders from the Presbyterian society built a chapel here in 1758. It was enlarged in 1798 and further enlarged to the front and heightened in 1826 to the designs of T S Whitewell. Of brick with a rendered front and a slate roof. The front has a pediment, five bays with round-arched windows, and a porch. 19m by 12.3m externally. Closed c1981.
5 Has been converted into offices.
6 Letter from 1949.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
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Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 8, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pugh R B (ed)
Date: 1969
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 8
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1973
Page Number: 73-4
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Congregational Chapel, Brook Street, Warwick
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1949
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Paxton A J
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Brook Street Unitarian Chapel, Warwick
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1984
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

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source LBL Listed Building List. Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a list. Buildings placed on the list are protected through various planning and conservation acts which ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them. The Listed Buildings List is compiled and maintained by English Heritage. It includes details of where the building is, when it was built, a description of its appearance, and any other special features. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of the Congregational Church. These churches, the first of which was founded in 1616 in Southwark, practised self government. Most of them were merged to form the United Reformed Church in 1972. back
monument OFFICE * A building or room where business, administrative or professional activities are conducted. Use specific type where known. back

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