Former Congregationalist Church at Worcester by Auto Locksmith
Former Congregationalist Church at Worcester
A grade II listed former Congregationalist church, built in 1858 and converted to a nightclub in the 1980s.
Probably built by Architects Poulton and Woodman from Cotswold stone ashlar over brick with pinkish-red brick to the rear. The building features a pyramidal slate roof with finial and right stack with cornice and pots.
Contstructed on a rectangular on plan with apse, in the Classical style, the church has a single tall storey, described to front facade as two storeys, and three bays with outer wings.
The facade is stepped twice with central break forward, central bowed tetrastyle Corinthian portico with Doric pilasters to responds, surmounted by pediment with acroteria. Columns stand on a tall plinth interrupted by a flight of horseshoe steps to a central entrance. The entrance has a twelve-panel double doors with a panelled overlight in Caernarvon-arched surround with cornice on scrolled corbel brackets. A continuous band over with panels with lozenge motif below round-arched windows with circular glazing bars, with imposts, architraves and keystones.
The outer bays feature large piers with pyramidal caps on to the street frontage and flights of steps to six-panel doors with blind fanlights in tooled architraves with keystone, pulvinated frieze and cornice surmounted by balustrade with bulbous balusters. The upper stage has round-arched windows with imposts, architraves and keystones. The wings have Caernarvon-arched openings, the left with a 4-panel door, and the right has a replacement door with panels over. A continuous cornice with acanthus modillions, parapet with cornice.
Created: 11 June 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Former Congregationalist Church at Worcester
Local History around Former Congregationalist Church at Worcester
There are some historic monuments around including:
Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley villageCity walls: section extending 50ft (15m) between Windsor Row and Nash's PassageRemains of Guesten HallFort RoyalWestern range of monastic buildings of the Cathedral PrioryCity walls: section extending 280ft (90m) W and SW of Clare StreetWorcester city centreEnclosure W of Church FarmDisc barrow 400m south of Common FarmChurchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin's churchyardHawford Roman campSt Alban's ChurchMoated site at Earl's CourtMoated monastic grange and fishpond complex at Middle Battenhall Farm, 450m north of Upper Battenhall FarmRefectory of St Mary's Priory in Cathedral CloseDisc barrow 500m south of Common FarmGrimley churchyard crossCity walls: section extending 130ft (40m) between Charles Street and Portland PlacePowick BridgeDisc barrow 400m SSE of Common FarmCity walls: section S of The Butts, extending 150ft (50m) between Angel Place and Bath CottageDovecote at Hawford GrangeMotte castle, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow FarmCity walls: section S of The Butts, extending 100ft (30m) E from Rack AlleyCity walls: section extending 85ft (30m) along W side of Talbot StreetEnclosure 110yds (100m) N of St Bartholomew's ChurchCity walls: section extending 130ft (40m) from the back of No 27 New Street to Windsor RowCivil War fieldwork at Tamar Close, WorcesterCity walls: section extending 90ft (30m) under the E walls of Nos 2-5, No 1 Court, New StreetEdgar Tower entrance to the Cathedral Close.
