Jireh Baptist Church, Burnley
Description: Jireh Baptist Church
Grade: II
Date Listed: 2 August 1995
English Heritage Building ID: 467003
OS Grid Reference: SD8424032491
OS Grid Coordinates: 384240, 432491
Latitude/Longitude: 53.7885, -2.2407
Location: Boot Way, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 1NQ
Locality: Burnley
Local Authority: Burnley
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Postcode: BB11 1NQ
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Listing Text
BURNLEY
SD8432SW BOOT WAY
906-1/20/23 (North side)
02/08/95 Jireh Baptist Church
(Formerly Listed as:
BOOT WAY
Jireh Chapel)
II
Baptist chapel. Dated 1853 over doorway; altered. Coursed
rock-faced sandstone rubble, slate roof. Small rectangular
building at right-angles to the street.
Single storey, a 2-window gabled facade, symmetrical, with a
plinth and a pedimental gable; a tall central doorway with
altered double doors (up one step) and a plain overlight, and
a plain surround with a moulded cornice on large fluted
consoles; a rectangular plaque above the doorway inscribed:
JIREH/ ERECTED A.D./ MDCCCLIII
tall segmental-headed windows which have eared architraves and
altered glazing; and in the pediment an octagonal stone plaque
with radial openings (ventilator). The left return side has 2
tall square-headed windows with altered glazing.
INTERIOR not accessible, but reported by estate agent to be
just a shell.
HISTORY: built by the Strict and Particular Baptists or
Gadsbyites, a sect found only in this area.
Listing NGR: SD8424032491
Source: English Heritage
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