Description

SE 01 SE BRADSHAW LANE
Slaithwaite
5/52
Shred Mission Church
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- II

1845. Former Mission Hall now dwelling. Hammer dressed stone. Pitched stone
slate roof. Bargeboards with wood finials. Latin cross to east gable. Open
bellcote with octagonal stone supports with weathercock. Stone brackets to
gutter. Two storeys. South elevation: symmetrical. Ground floor: two porches
with pitched roofs with coped gable. Large double footstones and stone finials
to gable. Chamfered reveals to doorways which have Tudor arched head. In gables
to porches one has inscription V.R., the other 1845 on stone shields. Three
2-light stone mullioned windows (chamfered) with decorative glazing. Continuous
chamfered sill band with inscription below which reads:
UPPER SLAITHWAITE CHURCH SCHOOL
UNITED TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR IN THE PRINCIPLES OF
THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND
ERECTED ON LAND GRANTED TO TRUSTEES BY
THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM EARL OF DARTMOUTH
BY DONATIONS FROM HIS LORDSHIP AND OTHERS
AND GRANTS FROM HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
AND THE ABOVE NAMED SOCIETY A.D. MDCCCXLV
THE REVEREND CHARLES AUGUSTUS HULBERT MA MINISTER
MR JAMES BAMFORTH-BIRKS, TREASURER
First floor: three 2-light stone mullioned windows (chamfered); two single
windows. All first floor windows have chamfered hood moulds and glazing bars.
North elevation: Ground floor: large lean-to extension with slate roof. First
floor: three 2-light stone mullioned windows. Three windows with stone surrounds.
Window frames have Tudor arch and glazing bars. East elevation: Ground floor:
two windows with chamfered surrounds with decorative glazing bars. First floor:
two 3-light chamfered lancet windows with simple tracery and decorative glazing
bars. String course to first floor window. West elevation: Ground floor: two
window with stone surrounds. First floor: two windows with round arch and stone
surround (windows blocked except for half round heads which have glazing bars).

Listing NGR: SE0585314620

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524855

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990