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DIALS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Clifton Road

Neighbourhood:
Montpelier and Clifton Hill
1948
2019

James Gray: No comment. jgc_26_209.

2019: An annexe has been added at the side of the house and the front chimney stack has gone. (Photographer: Helen Glass)

1968
2018

James Gray: This was erected in 1870 at a cost of about £11,000, and the adjoining institute was built in 1881. A building in the Romanesque style, the clock tower was 130 feet in height. The last services were held in June 1968, and the building was sold at auction for £30,000 on 19 May 1969. Demolished May 1972. This view looks down Dyke Road, towards Seven Dials from the corner of Albert Road. jgc_26_171

2018: The Dials Congregational Church was demolished in 1972 and replaced in the 1980s by Homelees House, a five-storey block of retirement flats built in 1986. (Photographer: Tony Bailey)

1968
2018

James Gray: This was erected in 1870 at a cost of about £11,000, and the adjoining institute was built in 1881. A building in the Romanesque style, the clock tower was 130 feet in height. The last services were held in June 1968, and the building was sold at auction for £30,000 on 19 May 1969. Demolished May 1972. The church and Institute Hall in Compton Avenue. Date of all photographs 29 September 1968. Additional Information: Clifton Road not Compton Avenue. jgc_26_172

2018: As the additional information states, the Dials Congregational Church was on the corner of Dyke Road and Clifton Road, not Compton Avenue. In the same position today is Homelees House, a five-storey block of retirement flats built in 1986. (Photographer: Tony Bailey)

1968
2018

James Gray: This was erected in 1870 at a cost of about £11,000, and the adjoining institute was built in 1881. A building in the Romanesque style, the clock tower was 130 feet in height. The last services were held in June 1968, and the building was sold at auction for £30,000 on 19 May 1969. Demolished May 1972. The head-on view of the church as it stood at the angle of Dyke Road and Compton Avenue.  Additional Information: Clifton Road not Compton Avenue. jgc_26_173

2018: See jgc_26_172 above. (Photographer: Tony Bailey)

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