Baptist Church

The Baptist Church is a Non-Conformist Church located in Chipping Norton, established in 1733. It was enlarged in 1816, further expanded around the 1820s, and received a new porch in 1863 designed by Gibbs, Thomson and Colbourne. The building is constructed of coursed and squared rubble stone with stone dressings and copings, featuring ashlar on the roadside facade and a gabled slate roof. The original 1816 structure now functions as a hall and is situated at the rear of the Gothic style church built in the 1820s, which includes the later porch. The 1816 section is two storeys high, has four bays, and features a Regency doorcase with a spoked semicircular fanlight and an octagonal plaque above. The 1820s extension has a gable end facing the road, adorned with corner octagonal pinnacles and plain three-light lancets, along with a rose window above. The lean-to porch from 1863 consists of three arches supported by columns with finely detailed stiff leaf capitals. The churchyard contains several memorials, including notable chest tombs for Jabez Kimber, who died in 1826, and Joseph Hansom, who died in 1822.