Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 240 - LECTURE HALL
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5843 3956 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ53NE |
County | KENT |
District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD 1. 1746 (West Side) 20.5.52. Mount Pleasant Congregational Church - and Lecture Hall TQ 5839 NW 3/277 I II* 2. 1848. Built of Tunbridge Wells stone. The east end facing the street forms a narthex of 6 Tuscan columns with pediment over. Behind the columns are 3 round- headed doorways and a blind round-headed arch on each side of them. The south side facing York Road has 6 round-headed windows, each flanked by Doric ½ pilasters supporting the cornice and parapet over. Listing NGR: TQ5842839567 (1)
Description from record TQ 53 NE 37 :
(TQ 58453957) Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Lecture Hall (NAT) (2) 1746 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD (West Side) 20.5.52. Mount Pleasant Congregational Church and Lecture Hall TQ 5839 NW 3/277 Grade II* 1848. Built of Tunbridge Wells stone. The east end facing the street forms a narthex of 6 Tuscan columns with pediment over. Behind the columns are 3 round-headed doorways and a blind round- headed arch on each side of them. The south side facing York Road has 6 round-headed windows, each flanked by Doric 1/2 pilasters supporting the cornice and parapet over. (3) Congregational Church, Mount Pleasant. The grand Tuscan temple portico was added in 1866 to a church of 1845-8. Lecture Hall of 1866. (4) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (5)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:2500 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48203.
<3> DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 68 (OS Card Reference). SKE41387.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 580 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38032.
<5> Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Tunbridge Wells 1830-1930 nd (Strange Charles Hilbert) (OS Card Reference). SKE47343.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #38907 Building, ]
- <2> SKE48203 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1961.
- <3> SKE41387 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 68.
- <4> SKE38032 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 580 (J Newman).
- <5> SKE47343 OS Card Reference: Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Tunbridge Wells 1830-1930 nd (Strange Charles Hilbert).
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2021 12:00AM