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Latitude: 50.7158 / 50°42'56"N
Longitude: -1.9847 / 1°59'4"W
OS Eastings: 401179
OS Northings: 90689
OS Grid: SZ011906
Mapcode National: GBR XQR.TC
Mapcode Global: FRA 67Q5.YDW
Plus Code: 9C2WP288+84
Entry Name: Former Baptist Chapel
Listing Date: 30 June 1980
Last Amended: 13 April 2023
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1267033
English Heritage Legacy ID: 412512
ID on this website: 101267033
Location: Old Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, BH15
County: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Poole
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Poole St James with St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Chapel
A former Baptist chapel, built in around 1815 and altered about 1879. Various C20 alterations; converted into an outreach centre in around 2020.
A former Baptist chapel, built in around 1815 and altered about 1879. Various C20 alterations; converted into an outreach centre in around 2020.
MATERIALS: it is constructed from brick with terracotta dressings and a concrete tiled pitched roof.
PLAN: rectangular plan.
EXTERIOR: the building has two storeys, with pedimented gable ends to the north-west and south-east elevations. The entrance front (south-east) has slightly-recessed corners, with a late-C19 terracotta moulded pediment containing an oculus dated 1815, over a triple round-arched window with architrave, keys and imposts. The late-C19 porch has a similar moulded pediment supported by pilasters; a mid-C20 door surround with architrave and a two-leaf, eight-panel door. The original three-door entrance has been blocked, and the central doorway is obscured by the porch.
INTERIOR: the south gallery was rebuilt when the organ recess and vestries at west end were built in around 1879. The interior was refitted and the pews removed during the conversion to an outreach centre.
The present building replaced an earlier chapel of 1735, which is marked by a plaque. It was converted to an outreach centre in about 2020. The organ, removed with the exception of the front of its case in 2020, dated from 1839 and was made by TJ Duncan of London and is said to have come from St Paul's Church, Poole.
The former Baptist church which dates from around 1815 is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a good example of an early-C19 Baptist church, with a well-executed and harmonious design to its Hill Street elevation;
* the building contributes to the surrounding streetscape and possesses an understated dignity which reflects its original purpose;
* despite being no longer in ecclesiastical use, it retains fixtures and fittings such as stained glass, wall monuments, organ case front and the late-C19 tiered gallery.
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