Former Baptist Church

A former Baptist church, now commercial premises, was built in 1836 by Philip Sambell. It is constructed of elvan ashlar with granite dressings, with a visible coped front gable. The ground floor is partially hidden by a 20th-century extension, and the roof is not visible. The building has a rectangular, aisleless plan and is executed in the Norman Revival style.

The façade presents a symmetrical 5-bay, 3-window design to the first floor. The windows are 2-light casements with 2-pane fanlights. Alternate windows are blind and set within ordered arches with engaged columns and window aprons featuring an arcade of five round arches. There is an impost string and a string below the 3-bay gable. The central bay of the gable features deeply recessed rose windows with roll-moulded architraves, set beneath a stepped gable with a pseudo-machicolation and a central octagonal finial. Flanking these rose windows are recessed panels with nook-shafts.

The interior was inaccessible at the time of survey.

The robust architecture contributes significantly to the street’s character. It is a notable example of non-conformist chapel architecture of the period, closely resembling the chapel on Clarence Street, Penzance, also designed by Sambell. Philip Sambell was a noteworthy Cornish architect whose other works include the Lander column and commissions in Truro.