Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31603 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Baptist Chapel, Station Street |
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Summary
This Baptist Chapel and hall were built in 1858 of red brick with a gault brick façade and a slate roof. It has two identical three storey towers, and the interior has a gallery to the east, north and south supported on twisted cast iron columns with composite capitals. It is thought that the pulpit and seating remain intact.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8195 0931 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80NW |
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| Parish: | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1995. Listed, Grade II.
Chapel and hall 1858 red brick, gault brick facade. Slate roof.
Two identical three storey facade towers with recessed gabled centre between. Pilasters at tower corners and door in base of each. Arched first floor windows and corbels below lantern tops. Centrepiece with three stepped arched windows to each floor. Red brick hall to west. Interior has gallery to east, north and south supported on twisted cast iron columns with Composite capitals. Shallow dished plaster ceiling. Organ gallery to west; below is a marble baptistery, steps right and left. Two staircases with balusters to gallery, east.
Pulpit and seating intact.
Information from (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 13 November 1995.
(S2) includes a description of the building and of the materials used. The foundation stone was laid on the 2nd September 1858 by Rev. W. Woods. The chapel design is similar to the Baptist Chapel in Diss (NHER 45677).
See (S2) for more details.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 29 November 2012.
Monument Types
- BAPTIST CHAPEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1858 AD to 2100 AD)
- NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1858 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 683. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 2000. £40,000 appeal for vital repairs to church. 15 September. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269549. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Stell, C. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 268. |
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