Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522SW CAMBRAY PLACE
630-1/14/229 (North West side)
14/12/83 Cambray Baptist Church

GV II

Church. 1853-54. Designed by Henry Dangerfield (Borough
Surveyor). Cost »3,400. Ashlar with 'French' quoins and brick
sides. North Italian Renaissance style.
EXTERIOR: pedimented front of 3 principal bays, side bays
break forwards slightly and have sub-pediments with small rose
windows, with single-storey entrance bay to right. Paired
arched doorways in centre with plank doors and plain
overlights. Further arched entrance to right a plank door and
blind fanlight with cornice over. Paired round-arched windows
in 2 tiers to outer bays and triple round-arched window to
central upper stage.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this chapel was taken down and set back
several feet in 1853-54 as a result of poor neighbourly
relations.
(Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham:
1993-: 18; RCHME: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses:
Gloucestershire: London: 1986-: 75; Blake S: Cheltenham's
Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883: Cheltenham: 1979-: 27).

Listing NGR: SO9502222249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666465

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]