NHER 13359 (Building record) - Fairland Congregational Church
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG10SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
July 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Founded 1662, rebuilt 1715; enlarged 1815, facade of 1877. Brown brick with diaper work, interior balconies supported on wooden columns. Information from Listing Description.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2022.
However the notice board claims it was founded in 1652.
Information from record card (S1).
February 1980. Field Observation.
Façade is unremarkable. Diaperwork is in east wall; west wall has plain chequerwork - only the southern two bays are of 1715, the rear two are of 1815. Interior columns are Roman Doric. Pleasant graveyard with good headstones of around 1800.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 13 February 1980. Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2022.
The 1994 revised listing (S2) notes stopped and chamfered beams under the galleries deriving from the 1715 building.
Magnificent pulpit/rostrum of 1876 proposed for removal in 2001 against consultees advice.
Photograph in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 July 2001.
See (S3) for more information.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 6 December 2012.
Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Congregational Church, now United Reformed Church. 1715, enlarged to north 1815. Façade 1877. Brick. Roof of black glazed pantiles. Two storeys externally. Three-bay facade under pediment. Central round-arched doorway within square surround, one sash either side and three to first floor. Pediment with lunette. Plenty of machine-cut architectural decoration. Returns with four sashes each floor, separated by a platband. Southern portion of brick with burnt headers relating to 1715 build, north half of 1815. Gabled roof.
INTERIOR. Galleried on south, east and west sides, the gallery on entactic unfluted columns. Gallery is plain panelled. Flat-boarded roof. Under gallery in "aisles" are one chamfered and tongue-stopped rafter each side, of 1715 vintage.
Immediately east is the church cemetery bounded to south by a brick wall and to south and east by a low brick wall on which stand a run of iron railings."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the full listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2022.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF49629 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 1101W - Z.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 798.
- --- SNF97573 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2001. Bit of church history for sale. 23 July.
- --- SNF84747 Photograph: Photographs of Fairland Congregational Hall - Wymondham Library - Wymondham. Colour.
- --- SNF49467 Photograph: South Norfolk District Council. 2001. [unknown].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1196654.
- <S3> SNF70115 Monograph: Stell, C. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 277.
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Record last edited
Mar 22 2022 10:21AM