Benchmark - Congregational Church, Castle Gate - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 57.095 W 001° 08.947
30U E 624346 N 5868488
A cut benchmark on a wall near the former Congregational Church, Castle Gate, Nottingham.
Waymark Code: WMX0T3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/09/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Axel-F
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A cut benchmark on a wall near the former Congregational Church, now concert hall, Castle Gate, Nottingham.

Square Easting Northing Mark type Description Height Order Datum Verified year Levelling year Metres above ground
SK 5726 3969 CUT MARK NBM WALL JUNC NO 2 CASTLE GATE 30.136 3 'N' 1986 1986 0.500

"Congregational chapel, now Congregational centre, and attached railings. Dated 1863. By RC Sutton of Nottingham, for the Trustees of the Congregational Church. Converted and altered 1983. Red brick, with blue and yellow brick and ashlar dressings and gabled and hipped slate roofs. Lombardic-Venetian Revival style.

EXTERIOR: plinth, lintel and impost bands, bracketed eaves cornice, pierced balustrade with corner pedestals. 2 storeys; 3 x 5 bays. Projecting centre under a pedimented gable with bracketed cornices and arched corbel table, flanked by pilaster buttresses. Triple arched entrance with larger central arch flanked by pilasters and containing double doorways divided by a granite shaft. Glazed tympanum with radial lights and keystone. On each side, a window. Above, a traceried window, 2-lights, with keystone, flanked by smaller windows. Dated panel in pediment. Side wings have a 2-light window on each floor, segment-arched below and round-arched above, with keystones. Upper windows have tracery. Returns to wings have moulded round-arched doorways with keystones, inset lintels and flanking shafts. Above, a traceried 2-light window. Nave has on each side five 2-light windows, segment-arched below and round-arched above, with keystones. Upper windows have tracery. Left return has a central link to the adjoining building."

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