Listed Building: METHODIST CHAPEL, INCLUDING BOUNDARY RAILINGS AND MEMORIAL GATEWAY (106370)

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Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1836/15/181
Date assigned 26 January 1956
Date last amended

Description

TOLPUDDLE SY 7994 DORCHESTER ROAD (South Side) 15/181 Methodist Chapel, including boundary railings and 26.1.56 memorial gateway - II Methodist Chapel. Mid-C19, reputedly built in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Plastered walls - front wall marked out in ashlaring. Slate roof with bargeboards and bracketed eaves. At right angles to road. In gable end, flush panel door in round arched opening with solid tympanum. 2 sashes with glazing bars. 2 sashes with glazing bars in side walls. Forecourt enclosed by a low brick wall with stone coping. Iron railings with spearhead tops. Brick corner pier with moulded stone cap. Memorial gateway at front, of ashlar stone. Round arch, under pediment, inscribed "Tolpuddle Martyrs" with history and date of erection 1912. Moulded imposts. Marble panels each side commemorating the Martyrs. Iron gate with vertical rails with spearhead tops. Included for local historic interest. Listing NGR: SY7977194362

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Location

Grid reference SY 7977 9436 (point)
Civil Parish Tolpuddle; Dorset
District (historic) West Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Sep 23 2019 10:09AM