Building record 0557100000 - STRICT BAPTIST CHAPEL, STATION ROAD, IVINGHOE

'BAPTIST CHAPEL (GENERAL)' AND 'BURIAL GROUND' (SEE 01:000) AT NGR (B1).
1813 WM WATTS HOUSE, GARDEN AND ORCHARD BOUGHT FOR CHAPEL AND CEMETERY. CHAPEL OPENED 1813 AND ENLARGED 1866 BY ADDING VESTRY AND SCHOOLROOM (MORE DETAIL)(B2).
Grade II. Strict Baptist chapel, now disused. Founded 1813, dated W.C. 1815 on brick, extended one bay to S.W. 1866. Early C19 part is of chequer brick with plinth, boarded eaves and C20 concrete tile roof, hipped to left. 2 storeys, 3 bays. N.W. front has 4-pane sashes with thin glazing bars and cambered heads. Central double doors, flush-panelled, with semi-circular radiating fanlight. Rendered porch of c.1830 with moulded cornice and shallow pointed parapet. Later bay to right is of white brick with red brick quoins and rendered gable. Similar sash to first floor over flush-panelled door with gauged head. Gable to street has 2 bays of recessed sash windows, small louvred opening to attic, and lower extension to right. Interior: gallery of c.1832 around 3 sides with plain panelled front on slender cast iron columns, N. gallery with contemporary pews. Contemporary pulpit and altered baptismal pool. 1866 addition formerly a vestry and schoolroom. Ornamental iron railings and gates, dwarf walls with ogee copings (B3).