Building record 1160/79 - Hall (former Chapel) now Buddhist temple (Jen Yen Temple)

Former Baptist Chapel built in 1885. Carefully detailed building in a modified Italian Renaissance style. Red brick, hipped Welsh slated roof with cupola and modillion stucco cornice. Summary from record 1160/0/385: Built 1886 by S J Newman. Now a Buddist temple.

{1} 1885. Carefully detailed building in a modified Italian Renaissance style. Red brick, hipped Welsh slated roof with cupola and modillion stucco cornice. 2 storeys, quoins, plinth and rusticated lower part of ground floor. 5 arched ground floor panels with stone archivolts, wide impost band, rusticated brick voussoirs, small windows in outer panels, 2 fold doors under fanlights with glazing bars in 3 inner panels. 5 tall 1st floor round headed sash windows with glazing bars in rusticated arches on stone sills and brick aprons.

{2} Italian Renaissance style building of 1885; red brick with Welsh slate roof; cupola; 2 storeys; now occupied by removals firm.

{4} Built by S J Newman in 1886. Rusticated brick façade. Now a Buddist temple.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/366 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.120 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN116960.

<3> Northampton Borough Council, 2011, Northampton's Boot and Shoe Quarter: Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 34 (Report). SNN112202.

<4> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 465 (Book). SNN111989.

<5> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 10 (Report). SNN116732.

Record last edited

Feb 19 2026 11:20AM