Building record TQ 76 NW 150 - The Vine's United Reform Church, The Terrace, Rochester

The Vine's United Reform Church, The Terrace, formaly the Congregational Chapel. Has been shown on the OS maps from 1860 and is still in use. (1, 2, 3, 4)

Congregational chapel in Maidstone Road built in 1853-4. A rectangular building six bays in length in the Gothic style by John Tarring. The walls are faced with ragstone and ashlar dressings. The gabled front of three bays is divided by buttresses and has gabled entances in the end bays. (5)

<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<5> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.