Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1991. Chapel.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- winter-obsidian-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1991
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, dated 1811, is a mid-19th century remodelling of a Georgian chapel. The building features Flemish bond red brick at the rear, while the front and sides are rendered. It has a slate roof with coped gable ends. The chapel has an approximately square auditorium with a gallery on three sides and a rostrum on the northwest side, with the entrance located under the gallery on the southeast front.
Architecturally, the chapel is designed in an Italianate style and is two storeys high. The symmetrical three-bay front has a large pedimental gable adorned with acroteria and a dentilled cornice, featuring a Vitruvian scroll frieze inscribed with "BAPTIST -1811-CHAPEL". There is a band with crenellations, and the windows are designed as 2-light openings with margin panes and moulded architraves on bracketed cills. The first-floor windows have panelled heads, while the ground-floor windows feature round arches, keyblocks, and decorated tympana.
The central porch has a pedimental gable with vermiculated rustication, a segmental arch with a tall keyblock, a rectangular overlight with margin panes, and 6-panel double doors. The left (southwest) return is similarly treated, with bands and two windows on each floor. The rear (northwest) end is brick with a wide gable and two round-headed windows that contain stained glass. The northeast side is adjacent to the school house and manse.
Inside, the gallery is supported on thin cast-iron columns and features fretted balusters applied to the gallery front. There are ventilation roundels in the ceiling, and a painted text is displayed over the rostrum on the northwest wall. The rostrum includes a balustrade and an arched panelled back. The windows have moulded architraves and stained glass on the northwest wall. There is a panelled screen at the entrance under the gallery, along with 19th-century benches and wall memorials. The chapel was founded in 1701, and it is noted that a Protestant dissenting meeting house was established before 1722. The chapel, school house, and manse are depicted on the Enclosure Award Map of 1797.
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