Former Baptist Chapel, Now Part Of County Museum

TRURO

SW8244NW RIVER STREET 880-1/6/264 (North side) 19/06/73 Former Baptist Chapel, now part of County Museum (Formerly Listed as: RIVER STREET (North side) Baptist Chapel)

GV II

Non-conformist chapel, now part of the County Museum. 1848. By Philip Sambell. Granite ashlar front, Delabole slate roof with pediments at the front. Rectangular aisleless plan, formerly with gallery on 3 sides now divided into 2 floors, former schoolroom at rear added in 1867. 2 storeys. Pedimented 1:1:1-bay street front. Plinth, string course and giant pilasters dividing the bays; round-arched openings, recessed to first floor, with moulded architraves to ground floor; tall central window over doorway rising into open pediment, original hornless sashes with glazing bars and spoked-fanlight heads, margin panes to central window. Ground floor has 3 doorways: taller central doorway and flanking doorways approached by granite steps, all with pairs of doors with glazed upper panels and spoked fanlights. Side walls have dressed granite buttresses dividing rubble bays with tall original sashes with glazing bars and spoked-fanlight heads. INTERIOR: altered since conversion but retains round central ceiling rose with carved acanthus and other detail and re-used cast-iron balusters to balcony. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: River Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8240444884