Finchingfield Congregational Church Finchingfield, England
Listed Building Data
Finchingfield Congregational Church has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1338171
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 17 May 1985
- Name
- FINCHINGFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
- Location
- FINCHINGFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BRENT HALL ROAD
- Parish
- Finchingfield
- District
- Braintree
- County
- Essex
- Grid Reference
- TL 68337 32850
- Easting
- 568337.0000
- Northing
- 232850.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TL 6832 FINCHINGFIELD BRENT HALL ROAD (north side)
7/8 Finchingfield Congregational Church
GV II
Congregational church. Late C18, altered in early C19. Red and blue brick in Flemish bond, partly stuccoed, with slate roof. Rectangular plan with entrance at gable end facing S. Facade extended to each side to conceal stair turrets eo gallery. Early C20 single-storey flat-roofed extensions to front, each side of entrance. 2 storeys. Ground floor, 4 C20 casements. First floor, 3 original sashes of 15 lights with rounded heads. Pediment with oval plaque containing 6- pointed star. Low-pitched roof. Central recessed porch with doors to each side and Tuscan portico. 2 C20 doors. The ground floor extension has a moulded cornice. Upper part of facade stuccoed and painted, ground floor extension cement rendered, sides and back of brickwork. The interior a horseshoe gallery on cast iron stanchions with panelled front, and upper galleries on each side on profiled brackets, with cast iron railings incorporating anthemion designs. Internal stairs to upper galleries. The church was built in 1779. It was enlarged and the first gallery built during the ministry of the Reverend John Blackburn, 1815-23, and the upper gallery was added during the ministry of the Reverend Baxter, 1824-33. (An Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church at Finchingfield, Essex, 1955,unsigned).
Listing NGR: TL6833732850
