Former Baptist Chapel (including forecourt walls, gates and railings), Holt, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0782 / 53°4'41"N

Longitude: -2.8831 / 2°52'59"W

OS Eastings: 340937

OS Northings: 353810

OS Grid: SJ409538

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.B260

Mapcode Global: WH88T.PW9J

Plus Code: 9C5V34H8+7Q

Entry Name: Former Baptist Chapel (including forecourt walls, gates and railings)

Listing Date: 17 July 1996

Last Amended: 17 July 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 16959

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Holt English Baptist Chapel

ID on this website: 300016959

Location: Situated on the E side of Chapel Street.

County: Wrexham

Community: Holt

Built-Up Area: Holt

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Chapel

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History

Former Baptist Chapel of 1827, now used as a furniture store house.

Exterior

Simple classical 2 storey, red brick in Flemish bond, slate roof. Centrally placed doorway with open pedimented hood. Moulded wooden architrave surround with console details. 2 symmetrically placed windows with stone lintels. Stone string course. 3 windows to first floor all with stone lintels. Under apex of gable is a stone plaque with heavily eroded inscription and date 1827. Later brick walls with sandstone coping blocks surmounted by decorative railings.

Interior

Interior was not accessible at the time of re-survey (March 1996).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a relatively early example of a Baptist Chapel with good architectural detailing.

External Links

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Former Baptist Chapel (including forecourt walls, gates and railings)

A Grade II Listed Building in Holt, Wrexham