Building record 953/34/1 - Baptist Church, Market Place

Three-bay front of squared stone, dated 1846; large gable, two tiers of round-arched windows and two doorways all with semicircular moulded labels. Locally listed building.

{1} The Baptist church was formed in 1759. The original chapel was built to the left of the later chapel in the area of land which is now part of the graveyard. In 1846 the old chapel was pulled down and a new chapel built because the old building had become 'inconveniently small and very much in need of repair'. The later building still stands today and is still in use by the Baptist church. The building appears to be very plain and functional from the exterior, but with elaborate stained glass windows. The Baptist Manse which was built in 1865 is also located on Market Place.

4} The former Congregational Church (now the Long Buckby Baptist Church) on Market Place was constructed in 1846. It is a typically simple non-conformist church built in local ironstone with the gable facing outwards into Market Place. Three upper storey arched windows sit below a stone string
course, and contain decorative Y-tracery timber fenestration.

<1> BALLINGER J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Industrial), (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN100506.

<2> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101574.

<3> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p. 142/site 38 (Report). SNN2902.

<4> Daventry District Council, 2021, Long Buckby Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (Policy Document). SNN112476.

Record last edited

Dec 1 2023 2:44PM