Former Stroud Methodist Church
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Former Stroud Methodist Church
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 19 Oct 2007
This dramatic Victorian neo-classical building dates from 1876 (dated). Here is the rest of the entry on an old document of listed buildings: "Rock-faced rustication with ashlar quoins. Pitched slate roof. 2 storeys. Palladian temple front: coupled Ionic pilasters taking entablature with pediment. Acroteria. Oculus in tympanum. 2 arcuated windows with glazing bars, keystones, moulded surrounds and imposts on 1st floor. Round arched doorway in Baroque surround. 2 storey flanking bay with 1 range of casements each, and ramped coping to roof." Acroteria, it turns out, are those decorations right on top of the pediment. The building, on Castle Street, has now been converted into flats and is called Castle Court.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.743598
Longitude
-2.213005