Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1999. A Victorian Church. 4 related planning applications.
Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- tired-finial-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1999
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Baptist Church, Sansome Walk, WR1 1LN
- OS grid reference
- SO 850 553
- Coordinates
- 52.19651, -2.22032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Church, dated 1863, was built by Pritchett and Son of Darlington. It is constructed of coursed sandstone with sandstone ashlar quoins and architraves, an ashlar spire, and a slate roof.
The church features a 5-bay nave with galleried transepts, and a single-bay chancel and organ galleries above vestries, along with a two-stage south-west tower over a porch. Off-set buttresses are present at the east and west ends. Entrances are located at the west end, featuring double-glazed doors within a pointed-arched surround, and to the aisles on either side, with pointed plank doors and a single cusped light above. A quatrefoil is incorporated into the gable. The west window comprises five lights and decorative tracery. The aisles have mainly two-cusped-light windows with quatrefoils to the heads and transoms. Transepts feature two single-light windows to the lower stage and a four-light window to the upper stage. The east end incorporates two single lights and a rose window at the apex. The tower has battered sides to the lower stage, a quatrefoil window, and a pair of belfry openings with decorative tracery to each side of the upper stage. An octagonal spire is topped with decorative bands.
All openings are framed by double-chamfered surrounds with hoodmoulds, utilising alternating dressed and undressed voussoirs; the hoodmoulds to the west end have face stops.
Inside, the aisles are characterized by slender cast-iron pilasters with foliate caps and a pointed-arched timber arcade. A central pulpit is located at the east end, with an organ loft to the east and galleries to the west and transepts having blind arcades to their balustrades. The roof is ribbed and panelled. A foundation stone at the east end bears the inscription: 'This stone was laid by Mrs E B Evans of Whitbourne Hall July 28 1863'.
This is a fine example of a robust Gothic Revival style for a nonconformist church, with an unusually well-designed interior that, while conventionally planned for the 19th century, demonstrates a high level of detailing.
Local climate
Baptist Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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