Description

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SP 9735 RIDGEMONT HIGH STREET

13/10000 Baptist Chapel

GV II

Baptist chapel. Dated 1811; a mid C19 remodelling of a Georgian
chapel. Flemish bond red brick at rear, front and sides rendered.
Slate roof with coped gable ends. Plan: Approximately square
auditorium with gallery on 3 sides, rostrum on fourth (NW) side
and entrance under gallery on opposite SE front. Italianate style
remodelling. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with
large pedimental gable with acroteria and dentilled cornice with
Vitruvian scroll frieze inscribed "BAPTIST -1811-CHAPEL". Band
with crenellations. 2-light windows with margin panes and moulded
architraves on bracketed cills, those on first floor with
panelled heads, the ground floor with round arches, keyblocks and
decorated tympana. Central porch with pedimental gable,
vermiculated rustication, segmental arch with tall keyblock,
rectangular overlight with margin panes and 6-panel double doors.
Similarly treated left (SW) return with bands and 2 windows on
each floor. Brick rear (NW) end with wide gable and 2 round-
headed windows with stained glass. NE side is abutted by the
school house and manse [No 17 (qv)]. Interior: Gallery on 3 sides
supported on thin cast-iron columns and with fretted balusters
applied to gallery front. Ventilation roundels in ceiling.
Painted text over rostrum on NW wall. Rostrum has balustrade and
arched panelled back. Moulded window architraves and stained
glass in NW wall. Panelled screen to entrance under gallery. C19
benches and wall memorials.
Note: Founded in 1701 (Kelly's 1914): "Protestant dissenting
meeting house was made" before 1722 (Chapel Book in CRO x 347/6).
Chapel, school house and manse [No 17 (qv)] depicted on Enclosure
Award Map of 1797.

Listing NGR: SP9737335806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407870

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