Building record M10399 - BAPTIST CHURCH

Summary

BAPTIST CHAPEL (Georgian to Late 20th Century) Baptist chapel built in 1756, enlarged 1839, with 19th and 20 century extensions.

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 55858 26188 (16m by 25m)
Map sheet SK52NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish East Leake, Rushcliffe

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

General Baptist Chapel. Brick, dated 1839, but part of the 1756 chapel remains in the E wall. (1)

General Baptist. Built in 1756 and greatly altered and extended in 1839. The original E wall remains largely intact. [On] the W wall … the original brickwork survives only in the lowest courses. The front N wall, also with a portion of older brickwork remaining, is mostly of 1839. A slightly lower Sunday school wing of two storeys, built c.1839, enlarged 1849, stands at the S end. (2)

Baptist chapel built in 1756, enlarged 1839, with 19th and 20 century extensions. Red brick, some rubble. Slate roof. Dogtooth eaves. Plinth to east, being rubble in parts. 2 storeys, north gabled entrance front of 3 bays. Single central tripartite sash with glazing bars to top, each sash divided by single reeded pilaster strip with single patera. Either side are single doorways with decorative overlights.(3)


Listed buildings slides, (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 114 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> RCHME, 1986, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses, p 156 (Published document). SNT1532.

<3> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. .
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 114.
  • <2> Published document: RCHME. 1986. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses. HMSO. p 156.
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2026 2:06PM

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