Monument record 0556100000 - UPPER MEETING-HOUSE, AMERSHAM

Summary

Original seventeenth century Baptist Chapel, the Upper Meeting-House, was replaced by the present building in the eighteenth century which has since been altered

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  • GENERAL BAPTIST CHAPEL (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
BAPTIST CHAPEL (GENERAL) AND BURIAL GROUND (SEE01:000) AT NGR (B1).
1676 SITE BOUGHT AS BURIAL GROUND. MEETING-HOUSE ERECTED, OPENED 1677. 1779 EXISTING BUILDING ERECTED ON SAME SITE-FLEMISH BOND BRICKWORK. STANDS SW OF LOWER MEETING HOUSE. NOW A PRIVATE HOUSE, ALTERATION SINCE 1967 (MORE) (B2).

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  • ---SBC12553 Bibliographic reference: Christopher Stell (RCHME). 1986. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Buckinghamshire. pp1, 2-3.
  • <1>XYSBC10168 Map: OS 1876 1ST EDITION 1:2500 MAP. [Mapped feature: #5684 ]

Location

Grid reference SU 95591 97205 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2022 5:10PM

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