Building record 1160/301/1 - Baptist Church, College Street

Baptist chapel in College Street built in 1863 by William Hull, replaced a chapel of 1714 on the same site. Neo-classical ashlar front with impressive Corinthian portico. 2 storeys, rusticated ground floor with pilasters. 3 doorways. 1st floor giant Corinthian order with angle pilasters, central pedimented portico on 6 columns, inner pair single, outer double. 5 stone mullion 3 light windows with panelled aprons, cornices at lintel level under arched panels with keystones.

{1} 1863 by William Hall. Neo-classical ashlar front with impressinve Corinthian portico. 2 storeys, rusticated ground floor with pilasters. 3 doorways. 1st floor giant Corinthian order with angle pilasters, central pedimented portico on 6 columns, inner pair single, outer double. 5 stone mullion 3 light windows with panelled aprons, cornices at lintel level under arched panels with keystones. Parapet. Coursed rubble side walls with buttresses between 7 windows with glazing bars, on ground floor with flat arches, on first floor round arches.

{2} Built 1863 by William Hall; neoclassical ashlar front; 2 storeys.

{5} Present building designed by William Hull; erected 1863; rubble walls & ashlar front; Classical façade with Corinthian columns.

{6} The church formed in 1697 erected the first meeting-house on this site in 1714; this had stone walls and two tiers of windows in three bays with two intermediate doorways, it was twice enlarged during the notable pastorate of John Collet Ryland (1759-85).

{10} Three photos, one dated 1992, two undated but probably same date.

{11} The builder was Richard Dunkley of Blisworth.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/110 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.50 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> PAYNE E.A., 1947, COLLEGE STREET CHAPEL NORTHAMPTON 1697-1947, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN54529.

<4> Paul Henry Architects and Project Managers Ltd., 2004, Plans & Drawings of Former College Street Baptist Church, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN105013.

<5> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p.143 (part checked) (Report). SNN2902.

<6> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p.143 (Report). SNN2902.

<7> Ivimey, J, 1830, A History of the English Baptists, 609-10 (Book). SNN56728.

<8> Paul Henry Architects and Project Managers Ltd., 2004, Report Regarding the Former College Street Baptist Church, Northampton, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105005.

<9> Gotch Pearson, 1994, Architects plan and elevations of College Street Baptist Church (Plan). SNN110901.

<10> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

<11> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 441 (Book). SNN111989.

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