Building record TQ 55 NW 630 - Vine Baptist Chapel and hall, Park Lane, Sevenoaks

Summary

Church. Main construction : 1880 to 1887. Designated a Locally Listed Building by Sevenoaks District Council

Location

Grid reference TQ 5313 5538 (point)
Map sheet TQ55NW
County KENT
Civil Parish SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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The Vine baptist chapel was built in Gothic style in the 1880s, of coursed ragstone with ashlar window surrounds and string course at cill level. High-pitched slate roof with decorative ridge tiles. West end has two tall buttresses with conical tops, framing three windows, the outer windows two-light, the central one three-light, taller, with rose tracery. South side, five windows separated by buttresses and, at LH and R H, a gable with large rose window. Also a former Sunday School, of similar date and construction as the Church. One large building with smaller wing, both have gables end on to Park Lane. Smaller wing has shouldered doorway with tall casement windows either side. Recently the two buildings have been upgraded internally and a contemporary porch built to link them. (1)


<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.

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  • <1> Index: Sevenoaks District Council. Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets.

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Record last edited

Oct 4 2022 5:22PM