Horfield Baptist Church

Horfield Baptist Church is a Baptist church built in 1900 by RM Drake. It is constructed from squared snecked Pennant rubble with limestone dressings and is designed in the Free Perpendicular Revival style. The west front facing the road features flanking towers and a recessed main window. There are steps leading up to a pair of doors set in a wide segmental arch, which has a moulded archivolt, chamfered reveals, and an ogee hood with mouchettes in the spandrels. On each side of the doors are coupled windows, and the tower doors have Tudor arches and labels, connected by a drip mould. Above the lintels and below and above the main window are plat bands. The central shallow-arched west window is divided into three sections and showcases elaborate Perpendicular tracery, with blind panels featuring shields above a weathered cill. An ogee-topped hoodmoulding above the window terminates in angels holding shields beneath small buttresses within a gabled parapet.

The towers are topped with ashlar sections and clasping buttresses capped by open pyramids. They also feature two round-arched belfry lights with blind tracery and a crenellated parapet. The side elevations consist of five bays, with the west bay gabled and containing a four-light window, while the remaining bays have two-light windows with Perpendicular tracery.

Inside, the church has a large open hall that includes a blocked pointed east arch with a hoodmould, a west gallery above the narthex, and a hammer beam roof with arch-braced collar trusses. The space above the collars is ceiled and features quatrefoils in the spandrels, supported by carved corbels.

The church has a well-detailed front and is situated on a prominent site, contributing to its group value with the adjoining Institute.