Monument record 3250/25 - Baptist Church, Hinwick Road

Baptist chapel in Hinwick Road built in 1867 to replace the chapel of 1835 in Council Street. Demolished and replaced by a new church in 2012.

{1}The Baptists, Methodists and Congregationalists have met in Wollaston since the 1730s. The present Baptist church was built in 1867 and the original stone church building, situated to the right of the Church became the Sunday School rooms. (Originally this building was single storey, with the upper floor being added in 1911) . These buildings are all still standing, but newspaper cuttings from the Northampton Mercury provide information of restoration work which has taken place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, indicating that internally at least, some of the original fittings may have been lost.

There were five tennis courts in the village- two at the Baptist Church, all of which have disappeared.

{3} Yellow brick with three round-arched windows under a pediment enclosing a circle.

<1> Richards K., 2001, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wollaston, Section 3.7 Religion (Report). SNN101566.

<2> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p. 153/site 80 (Report). SNN2902.

<3> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 677 (Book). SNN111989.

Record last edited

Apr 26 2022 4:28PM