Baptist Church And Adjoining Sunday School

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SK38NW CEMETERY ROAD 784-1/5/157 (North West side) Baptist Church and adjoining Sunday school

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Baptist Church and adjoining Sunday school and meeting rooms. 1858-59 and 1900, with mid and late C20 alterations. Red brick and coursed squared stone, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Neo-Norman style. EXTERIOR: plinth, quoins, coped gables. 2 storeys plus basement. Facing gable, to west, has machicolated first floor band and eaves. Central wheel window with voussoirs. Below, round-arched triple arcade with Corinthian columns, with mid C20 canopies in the openings. On either side, a square tower, 3 stages, topped with a slated octagonal spire and finial. Lower stage has a single light window with keystone, second stage has a round-arched double lancet with keystones. Broached octagonal bell stage has round-arched openings with keystones. Returns, 6 bays, have first floor band and machicolated eaves, and are divided into panels by pilaster strips. On the first floor, 6 pairs of round-arched windows. Below, towards the front, a similar pair of windows, then 5 larger segment-headed windows. Right return has basement, coursed squared stone, with a single storey gabled projection to left. To its right, 4 segment-headed 12-pane sashes. At the rear, gabled 2-storey schoolroom with 5 composite casements. INTERIOR: single space with deep moulded cornice and plaster panelled ceiling with central boss. Panelled gallery on 4 sides, with rounded corners to the front, and round cast-iron columns on each floor. At the front, plain opening with scroll brackets containing organ and choir gallery. Below, traceried round cornered wooden pulpit, 1920, with stairs with wrought-iron balustrades. Plain dais. On either side, a 4-panelled door. At the rear, doors to the entrance hall, refitted mid C20. Fittings include traceried panelled benches. Memorials include brass war memorial panel in wooden frame, 1920, and marble and slate tablet, 1895.

Listing NGR: SK3467486227

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 26 October 2017.