Information for record number MWA2447:
Congregational Chapel, Coleshill Road, Chapel End, Hartshill

Summary A Congregational chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Coleshill Road, Chapel End.
What Is It?  
Type: Congregational Chapel, Sunday School
Period: Modern - Modern (1840 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hartshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 93
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
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1 Rendered front with tall round-arched windows and pedimental gable. Built in 1840 to replace a chapel of 1807-8.
2 Photographed in the early 1900s. The photograph shows the chapel with round-arched windows, triangular pediment and fine cupola. The manse, now 75 Coleshill Road, is pictured next door.
3 Information received that the chapel's final service will be on 5th January 2014.
4 A burial ground to the north of the chapel, and a school to the north of the manse, are depicted on 1st edition Ordnance Survey mapping of the area.
5 chapel End Congregational Church II Congregational Chapel. Dated 1840; Sunday school added 1853. English bond red brick with a stuccoed front. Slate roof with gabled ends and brick dentil eaves cornice. PLAN: Rectangular auditorium with entrance at the south front under the gallery. The gallery was extended on the east and west sides in 1853 when a large Sunday school was built across the north end. Classical style. EXTERIOR: Single storey. Three-bay south front with a large broken pediment containing a roundel with a clock face and giant rusticated pilasters with paterae on the capitals. Central round arch doorway with panelled double doors, wreath in semi-circular fanlight, paterae in spandrels and shallow canopy on enriched consoles; moulded round-headed panel above with painted inscription. Tall flanking windows with similarly moulded round-headed architraves with moulded cills. Three tall round-headed windows on either side. All windows have later frames. Across the back the large 1853 2-storey Sunday school with multi-pane windows with segmental arches and later outshut on north side. INTERIOR: Gallery on three sides on thin iron posts, with panelled front; the side galleries added in 1853 have balusters set in the panels. Panelled dado. Rostrum with Greek key motif and tripartite panel above on north end wall with round arches, pilasters and painted text. Flanking the panel two round arches at the ends of the side galleries give access directly to the Sunday school. Benches with shaped ends and umbrella stands.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Correspondance from Mark Singlehurst
Author/originator: Singlehurst, M
Date: 2013
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Windows on Warwickshire
Author/originator: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2006
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Statuatory List
Title: National Heritage List for England
Author/originator: Historic England
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: First Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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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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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BENCH * A long seat, usually made of stone or wood, with or without a back. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MANSE * A non-conformist minister's house. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument ROSTRUM * A raised platform or stage for public speaking or conducting an orchestra. Also a platform for supporting cameras during filming. 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 BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. 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 WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back
monument SUNDAY SCHOOL * A school in which instruction is given on a Sunday, especially such a school for children connected with a parish or congregation. back

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