Paulton Baptist Church

PAULTON C.P. WINTERSFIELD ROAD (west side) ST 65 NE 2/20 Paulton Baptist Church G.V. II Baptist Church and rooms. Dated Baptist/Chapel/1724/Rebuilt/1827. Coursed rubble, freestone dressings, concrete tile roof. Chapel gable on to road, rooms in line behind. 2 storeys, chapel galleried. Main gabled elevation has 2 tall pointed windows in moulded architraves, multi-paned with gothick tracery, flanking central doorcase in which ill-tutored columns support a heavy pediment broken by an ogee-headed light above stone doors in jambs with clustered mini-shafts, plinth, thin panelled pilasters at each side rise to plain pinnacle, panelled finial; chapel returns have 2 storeys, 3 windows divided by similar pilasters, windows are ogee-headed in hollow-moulded architrave with multi-panes and gothick tracery; further, slightly lower rooms have 2 storeys, 6 windows all pointed, plain architrave, sashes with gothick tracery below, C20 replacements above, C20 lean-to at rear. Interior: gallery has ornate iron panels.

Listing NGR: ST6529856185