The Welsh Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Place of worship.
The Welsh Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tilted-bronze-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Place of worship
- Address
- The Welsh Baptist Chapel, 30, Eastcastle Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 292 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51668, -0.13863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Welsh Baptist Chapel is a main London Welsh Baptist chapel built in 1889 by Owen Lewis. It features red brick construction with extensive stone dressings and a slate roof, showcasing an eclectic Classical facade. The building is two storeys high, with the most prominent feature being a two-storey, three-bay full-width Corinthian colonnade portico that screens the front. A central staircase leads up to a landing with an elaborately framed doorway, while balustraded stairs on each side, above a semi-basement, provide access to the upper gallery entrances.
At the first floor level within the portico, there are six semicircular arched windows and two pairs of segmental hooded windows above. The attic includes a stone-framed and pedimented dormer that is taller and wider in the center. The central bay of the portico slightly projects forward and features a date panel set in a scrolled design above an open segmental pediment. The frieze of the portico entablature is inscribed with the words "CAPEL BEDYDDWYR CYMREIG."
Local climate
The Welsh Baptist Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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