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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