General Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
General Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The General Baptist Chapel in Quorn dates from 1770, with early 20th-century additions. It is constructed of red brick with plain tile and Swithland slate roofs, featuring a brick stack on the left end, a rear stack, and a central metal louvre stack. The building consists of three sections: the chapel on the left, a former Sunday School set back in the center, and an early 20th-century extension on the right with a hipped roof.
The chapel is two stories tall and has three leaded light windows with cambered lintels, arranged as two-light, three-light, and two-light. Below the central window is a tablet inscribed "General Baptist Chapel MDCCLXX". The right end has a three-light window with a two-light window above it. The central section is three stories high with three three-light windows, also with cambered lintels. The right section is one story, featuring leaded light windows with mullions and transoms, including a five-light window at the front and two two-light windows on the left side. There is a lean-to on the right end.
Inside, the chapel retains its original gallery with a panelled front supported by iron posts. Two wooden Doric pillars, hand-turned in the churchyard outside, were added when the chapel was extended in 1825. A wall tablet commemorates Rev. Benjamin Pollard, dated 1818.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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