Listed Building record TQ 55 NW 190 - CHIPSTEAD CHAPEL
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 5017 5613 (10m by 10m) |
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Map sheet | TQ55NW |
Civil Parish | CHEVENING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following building shall be added to the list:-
TQ 5056 SW CHEVENING HIGH STREET, Chipstead (south side)
3/10008 Chipstead Chapel
GV II
Former Non-Conformist chapel, latterly used for storage. Early C17 or earlier timber-framed building of which the roof and rear wall survive, embedded in mid C19 chapel. Three sides are rendered with incised lines to imitate masonry, the rear elevation is timber-framed with plaster infill on brick plinth. Steeply-pitched roof with courses of plain and pointed tiles and fretted wooden bargeboards. Front elevation has 2 round-headed windows with moulded architraves and marginal glazing. Central doorcase with cornice and paired end brackets. End elevation has 2 blocked round-headed windows and roundel to gable with cross in quatrefoil. Internally, 3 walls have no timber-framing visible but the roof structure is reported to be oak of queen post or strut construction with heavy projecting rafters laid flat and of a large section.
Listing NGR: TQ5018056133
Former Non-Conformist chapel, latterly used for storage. Early 17th century or earlier timber-framed building of which the roof and rear wall survive, embedded in mid 19th century chapel. Three sides are rendered with incised lines to imitate masonry, the rear elevation is timber-framed with plaster infill on brick plinth. Steeply-pitched roof with courses of plain and pointed tiles and fretted wooden bargeboards. Front elevation has 2 round-headed windows with moulded architraves and marginal glazing. Reconstructed for domestic use since 1995.(1)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<1> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.
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Record last edited
Aug 5 2025 5:02PM