Building record 2129/0/27 - Cogenhoe Baptist Chapel

The Church dates to 1910, replacing an earlier Baptist Chapel on nearby Church Lane. The Church was deconsecrated in 2007 and was disused until its conversion to residential accomodation in 2015.

{1} The church is a fairly simple, modest structure, constructed in red brick on a rectangular plan, aligned north-south and fronting onto Station Road to the south. The design of the Church is reminiscent of the High Victorian style churches of the mid-late 19th century, though the decorative motifs incorporated in the windows are in keeping with the Art Nouveau / Mackintosh style of the early 20th century with which the church is contemporary. The main, south facing elevation of the church is symmetrical with a central peak. The upper portion of the elevation is a parapet that rises a short distance over the roof level, adding height to the building. The pitch of the gable is reinforced by
buttresses to either side of the central door and at the ends of the elevation. The buttresses reflect, in their design and materials, the piers that flank the gated entrance and provide vertical emphasis to the elevation. Commemorative limestone blocks with the names of key founders of the church are built into each buttress, facing southwards. Above these, level with the top of the door, are curving limestone offsets. The central pair of offsets form the base of decorative limestone elements. The central buttresses are capped with octagonal limestone pinnacles whilst the outer buttresses have square pinnacles with shallow trefoil niches which reflect the design seen over the gate piers. The central door and surrounding window openings are framed between the buttresses, utilising the maximum available horizontal room within each element. The central window is of three lights with an
octofoil over. The central light is a trefoil lancet, flanked by cinquefoil lancets. These are held within reticulated bar tracery in limestone. The two outer windows of the south elevation are of a more rounded, curvilinear design with slight reticulation of the tracery. They are of two lights with a small quatrefoil over. Curving daggers are formed in the space between the crown and the
main window elements.

<1> Bassir A., 2015, Historic Building Recording at Baptist Church, Station Road, Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire, March 2015, checked (Report). SNN110414.

<2> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 38 (Journal). SNN111326.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2019 2:18PM