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Former Baptist Chapel, Now Part of County Museum

A Grade II Listed Building in Truro, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.2638 / 50°15'49"N

Longitude: -5.0545 / 5°3'16"W

OS Eastings: 182404

OS Northings: 44884

OS Grid: SW824448

Mapcode National: GBR ZF.XFHY

Mapcode Global: FRA 089B.GPB

Plus Code: 9C2P7W7W+G6

Entry Name: Former Baptist Chapel, Now Part of County Museum

Listing Date: 19 June 1973

Last Amended: 30 July 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1280417

English Heritage Legacy ID: 377575

ID on this website: 101280417

Location: Truro, Cornwall, TR1

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Truro

Built-Up Area: Truro

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Truro St George the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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Description



TRURO

SW8244NW RIVER STREET
880-1/6/264 (North side)
19/06/73 Former Baptist Chapel, now part of
County Museum
(Formerly Listed as:
RIVER STREET
(North side)
Baptist Chapel)

GV II

Non-conformist chapel, now part of the County Museum. 1848. By
Philip Sambell. Granite ashlar front, Delabole slate roof with
pediments at the front. Rectangular aisleless plan, formerly
with gallery on 3 sides now divided into 2 floors, former
schoolroom at rear added in 1867. 2 storeys. Pedimented
1:1:1-bay street front. Plinth, string course and giant
pilasters dividing the bays; round-arched openings, recessed
to first floor, with moulded architraves to ground floor; tall
central window over doorway rising into open pediment,
original hornless sashes with glazing bars and spoked-fanlight
heads, margin panes to central window. Ground floor has 3
doorways: taller central doorway and flanking doorways
approached by granite steps, all with pairs of doors with
glazed upper panels and spoked fanlights. Side walls have
dressed granite buttresses dividing rubble bays with tall
original sashes with glazing bars and spoked-fanlight heads.
INTERIOR: altered since conversion but retains round central
ceiling rose with carved acanthus and other detail and re-used
cast-iron balusters to balcony.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: River Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).


Listing NGR: SW8240444884

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