Building record 1556600000 - Union Baptist Church, Easton Street

Summary

Nineteenth century Baptist church rebuilt or refronted in 1908 in a classical style, with later twentieth century rear extensions

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Type and Period (2)

  • GENERAL BAPTIST CHAPEL (Dated 1908, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD?)

Description

Baptist Church, Easton Street. 1908 by Thomas Thurlow. Ashlar front, the rest red brick. A remarkably late case of the Baptist tradition of Italianate fronts with Cinquecento details and a pediment (B1).
'Union Chapel (General Baptist) (Contains 550 sitting)' is shown with the same footprint on 1874 county town 50-inch OS map and 1877 25-inch OS map (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p387.
  • <2>SBC26256 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2023. Information from historic OS mapping.

Location

Grid reference SU 86808 92933 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 24 2023 1:51PM

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