Baptist Church and Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Church, school. 1 related planning application.
Baptist Church and Sunday School
- WRENN ID
- shifting-screen-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Church, school
- Address
- Baptist Church and Sunday School, King's Stanley
- OS grid reference
- SO 819 031
- Coordinates
- 51.72704, -2.26206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Church and attached Sunday School, built in 1824 with a mid-19th century school addition, features coursed and dressed limestone, with ashlar used for the school. The roofs are covered in Welsh slate and plain tiles. The church is rectangular with a lobby at the west end, while the school is located to the north. There is a keeper's house in the basement.
The front of the church has a low-pitched parapet gable with a central lobby projection. It includes a central round-arched doorway with impost blocks, double glazed doors, and a fanlight. There are two round-arched windows on the lobby staircase with a linking sill band, and a central recessed round-arched panel above that displays raised capital lettering stating 'BAPTIST CHURCH/FOUNDED 1640'. Each side of the lobby features a single round-arched window on both levels. All church windows are fitted with glazing bar casements and fixed lights.
To the left, the school exhibits a Romanesque revival style front with a moulded open pediment and a central flat-roofed lobby projection. The lobby features a cornice and moulded round-arched openings on each face. There are two-light round-arched windows with moulded architraves and imposts, one on each side of the porch, both containing sashes and a moulded apron panel. An inscription panel with very small lettering is located within the main pediment, stating 'KING'S STANLEY BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL'.
The south side has three round-arched windows on two levels, mirroring the front, while the north side features paired sashes. The school has two gabled roof dormers with round-arched windows. The rear of the church has two tall round-arched windows that are now blocked, along with various sash windows for the school and basement rooms.
Inside, the church has a simple interior with a compartment ceiling. A small gallery supported by three circular pillars features a panelled front, and there is a Gothic organ case. The building is prominently situated at the end of the main vista through Middle Yard.
Local climate
Baptist Church and Sunday School receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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