St John's English Congregational Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Included as ambitious and prominent late C19 and early C20 non-conformist church. Group value with adjacent manse in Warren Street. History: Congregational church of 1867-8 by Paull & Robinson of Manchester, in Early English style, successor to a first chapel in Lower Frog Street (later English Presbyterian chapel). The upper stage of the tower and broached spire added 1907-8 by E Glover Thomas of Tenby, probably to the original design. The schoolroom behind was extended with 3 classrooms in 1872 by Paull & Robinson. The builder was James Rogers of Tenby, the initial contract was for 2,750 but the total near 4,000, before the spire was added for 600. The manse in Warren Street by the same architects is listed separately. Exterior: Chapel, yellowish stone with dressings and quoins of paler Bath stone. Slate roofs, Gothic style. Gabled facade to South Parade, cross-gabled aisles and 3-stage tower with broach spire in angle between E front and N aisle. Coped gable with finial, side buttresses with long set-offs, plinth and ashlar first floor flush sill band. Paired pointed 2-light windows with roll-moulded arches, column shafts with carved capitals and roundel above lights. Stone voussoirs. Centre big doorway with pointed roll-moulded arch, column shafts and inset shouldered headed entry with double doors. Hoodmould carried across each side as string course and stepped as hoodmould over small lancet each side. Side aisles have 4 separate coped gables, 3 with single lights, slightly larger end gables have paired lights. Stepped buttresses between. NE corner has tower, SE corner is not built on. NE tower has 3 stages divided by string courses, with quoined buttresses on angles of E and W sides, terminated with gablets at base of third stage. Pointed N

From Cadw under OGL v3.