Jireh Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1995. Baptist chapel.
Jireh Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- sharp-wattle-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1995
- Type
- Baptist chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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
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