Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1971. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- noble-chapel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1971
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Chapel, rebuilt in 1857, is located on Coxwell Street in Cirencester. It features a front made of limestone ashlar and a right side constructed from coursed limestone rubble. The roof is covered with clay tiles arranged in alternating bands of plain dark red and shaped black tiles. The chapel is designed in a simple Italianate style with its gable facing the street.
The building is a single-storey structure with a three-window range. The street front showcases a triple round-headed window at the center, which has a moulded stone surround and a heavy cill supported by brackets over a pair of six-panel round-headed central doors, also in a moulded stone surround. There are long round-headed windows to the left and right, featuring moulded stone surrounds and diamond-pattern leaded lights with colored glass borders. Above the central window, there is carved ribbon decoration, and pilaster strips on the left and right corners continue as a simple aedicule. The gable is topped with moulded stone coping and corbelled-out kneelers, and there is a shallow stone plinth.
On the right side, there are five pairs of tall round-headed windows in stone surrounds with broad chamfers, along with one small similar window at the extreme right that lights the staircase. There have been later additions to the rear of the chapel.
Inside, there is a false ceiling of acoustic tiles that was inserted around 1987, which cuts off the heads of the side windows. The interior includes a simple west gallery and an organ located in a recessed bay at the east end. The furnishings are from the 20th century, and there is one 18th-century memorial for Joseph and Anna Freman from 1776, as well as a 19th-century memorial for Daniel White, a former minister. The church originally formed in the mid-17th century.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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