Building record 1348800000 - Wycombe Marsh Union Baptist Church
Summary
Mid-nineteenth century Baptist Church and Sunday School at Wycombe Marsh, built in 1857 and later extended.
Protected Status/Designation
- Locally Listed Building 3198: Wycombe Marsh Union Baptist Church (DBC10446)
Map
Type and Period (2)
- BAPTIST CHAPEL (Built before 1900, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (Dated 1857, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Locally listed. 1857 flint rubble, red brick quoins and dressings, Welsh slates. Corbelled brick parapet with stone coping to wide gable with stone panel. 'Union Chapel Sunday School Erected April 1857'. 3 pointed arched windows and central upper window. Red brick east wing with 3 narrow windows in reveals, sunk panel between ground and first floor to form continuos reveals, upper window pointed heads. (Part of a group: St Ann's Church, Nos 559 & 561, Nos 563-569 London Road, and Wycombe Marsh Baptist Church)(B1).
1st edition 6-inch and 25-inch OS maps only show the western wing ('Sunday School'); presumably the building was extended to the east before 1900, when it is shown on the 2nd edition OS 6-inch map (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>XYSBC23111 Unpublished document: Wycombe District Council. 2008. List of Buildings of Local Architectural or Historic Interest (locally-listed). 0818/04/286 (LL286). [Mapped feature: #16221 ]
- <2>SBC23077 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2008. Information from OS 6-inch and 25-inch historic mapping and aerial photos.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 88951 91877 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2023 12:37PM
