Monument record 1160/0/608 - Site of Baptist Chapel, Princess Street

Rebuilt in 1890 by Dyer and Sons of pressed red brick with Bath stone dressings in an Early English style replacing a chapel of 1839. Known as the Grey Friars Street Chapel in 1853. The chapel was demolished in 1972.

{1} Rebuilt in 1890 by Dyer and Sons of pressed red brick and Bath stone in an Early English style. It cost £3500 and could seat up to 750 people.

{3} The chapel was originally built in 1839 for a congregation that had split from the College Street Baptist in 1834.

{5} The Wood and Law map of 1847 labels two locations as the '18 Mount Zion Chapel_Baptist erected 1839'. One is the Princes Street site and the other is on the west side of Newlands just before the Market Square.

<1> Kelly, Directory for Northamptonshire, 1910 p.154 (Directory). SNN105309.

<2> 1853, PIGOT'S DIRECTORY, p. 62 (Book). SNN116868.

<3> General reference for websites, https://edintone.com/lost-places-of-worship/ [Accessed 29/07/2025] (Website). SNN116607.

<4> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 1:500/1885 (Map). SNN112944.

<5> Wood; Law, 1847, Town Map of Northampton (Map). SNN752.

Record last edited

Oct 14 2026 9:00AM