Baptist Church Of West Croydon

The Baptist Church of West Croydon, built in 1873 by J Theodore Barker, is a two-storey structure made of red brick with stone dressings. The ground floor features three bays, which are divided by paired Doric pilasters that support a triglyph frieze and a panelled parapet above a plinth. The walls are rusticated, and there are sash windows along with a central door. The upper part of the church has three round-headed windows set in moulded surrounds with pediments, a cill band, quoins, a frieze, and a stone pediment. On either side, there are Doric columned quadrants with balustrades that curve around to the recessed wings, which have domed quarter-round roofs. The main walls of the wings are plain but feature friezes, cornices, and capped parapets. The sides of the chapel are divided into round-headed bays, with round-headed windows on the first floor and straight-headed ones below, along with a frieze, cornice, parapet, and stone capping. Inside, the church has galleries on three sides with cast iron bombe fronts, a rostrum pulpit, staircases with iron railings, and an organ located at the rear.