Grosvenor Youth Club

This building, originally a Baptist chapel and now a youth club, was constructed between 1817 and 1819 for the Reverend Thomas Snow. It is built of brick with a roughcast front. The exterior is two storeys high with a five-window range. A prominent, pedimented section breaks forward centrally, flanked by recessed wings with swept parapets. The central entrance features double doors with glazed panels and an overlight, set between two recessed areas containing casement windows. A band runs above the entrance, followed by a continuous sill band. The windows are round-arched sashes with eight panes in each light, with Gothic glazing to the upper portions of the arches. A continuous band runs above the windows, with three blind panels in the centre. The interior includes a segmental barrel-vaulted ceiling with a shallow dome lantern. There is a cast-iron gallery on three sides. The chapel was built for Reverend Snow following his departure from Portland Chapel and was used for Strict Baptist services until 1822, when he returned to the Church of England and transferred it to Anglican trustees. It was subsequently sold to Congregationalists in 1827 and re-opened as ‘Highbury Chapel.’