Description

CHURCH STREET
1.
54ll
(North Side)
Emmanuel Baptist Church
with Archway at north-
west end
ST 8558 5/177
II GV

2.
Founded 1736, renovated 1902. Ashlar built set well back from street. 2 storey
gable end. 4 windows 1st floor framed by side piers over which is mitred the cornice
forming the base of the modern (1902) pediment; panelled string course below cornice.
Projecting ground floor annexe with quadrant corners, Doric portico in antis and
flanking windows. The windows segmental headed with raised surrounds, keys, impost
and cill blocks and containing 3-light round headed lancets (a square window with
similar lights inside portico). 3 ranges of windows along sides. The interior
contains a gallery on 4 sides with curved corners. Turned balusters on double
flight to raised lectern. At north west end a gabled archway to the Sunday School
by William Smith, included with this item.

Nos 2 to 7 (consec) and 9 to 12 (consec) form a group with the Emmanuel Baptist
Church.

Listing NGR: ST8573158130

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272298

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)