Stepney Chapel

Stepney Chapel, originally built as a Baptist Church in 1841, is now used as auction rooms. It was constructed for Reverend J.T. Wigner, a former student of Stepney College. The building is made of gault brick with rendered and whitewashed dressings, topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high, featuring plain brick pilasters on either side of the facade that lead into a pediment. Each floor has a group of three windows that project slightly. The ground-floor windows have shouldered heads and glazing bars, while the upper windows have oculi in their heads and rounded arches. There are 20th-century doors on the right and left, each framed by heavy surrounds. Above these doors are two-light windows with roundels in their heads. The pediment includes a truncated cornice with a datestone that reads 1841. The gabled roof is complemented by east and west returns that have two-light transomed casements, with arched heads on the lower lights and roundels above the transoms. The interior has not been inspected, but it is understood that the balcony remains intact.