Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1143 - ST ANDREW'S ARTS CENTRE

Summary

ST ANDREW'S ARTS CENTRE, former Seamen's Mission chapel, is a Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1870 to 1871. It was decommisioned in 1970.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6491 7441 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for ROYAL PIER ROAD 1/35 (north side)
St Andrew's Waterside Chapel
GV The address shall be amended to read ROYAL PIER ROAD (north side)
St Andrew's Arts Centre
GV The grade shall be amended to read II
Fart 2 of the entry should be amended to read:
1870-71; GE Street architect. Built originally as a mission chapel for seamen and known as St Andrew's Waterside Chapel. Rectangular plan. Gothic style. Built of ragstone with Bath stone dressings. Slate roof. Former carthex at west with lean-to roof behind a parapet; central doorway with segmental Gothic arch; a flat-arched three-light window to each side of door. Under the west gable are five stepped lancets; a large stone bellcote rises from the apex of the gable. Three lancet windows in side elevation. At East end there is a three-light plate traceried window. Inside vaulted roof lined with pine boarding with moulded ribs; coved cornice; stained glass windows. The former mission chapel hass been converted to an Arts Centre.
See St Andrew's Waterside Church, a Souvenir History; See E C Gunkel, St Andrew's Gravesend, Kent County Library Local History Pamphlet No 2.
1. 5277 ROYAL PIER ROAD (North Side)
St Andrew's Waterside Chapel TQ 6474 SE 1/35
B GV
2. 1870-71. G E Street architect. Built originally as a mission chapel for seamen. Rectangular plan. Gothic style. Built of ragstone with bath dressings. Slate roof. Marthex at (ritual) west with a lean-to roof behind a parapet. Central doorway with segmental Gothic arch. 3-light mullion windows flank the door. Under the west gable are 5 stepped lancets. A large stone bellcote rises from the West gable. It is gabled and has buttressed sides and 3 cusped bell openings. 3 lancet windows at side. At (ritual) East end there is a 3-light plate tracery window.
St Andrew's Waterside Chapel and No 19 form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ6491174411


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2018 12:29PM