List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BAPTIST CHAPEL AND FORMER SCHOOL
List entry Number: 1336769
Location
BAPTIST CHAPEL AND FORMER SCHOOL, RYE ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Kent | Tunbridge Wells | District Authority | Sandhurst |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 20-Jun-1967
Date of most recent amendment: 05-Jul-1993
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 170335
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SANDHURST
TQ82NW RYE ROAD (OFF)
1350-0/6/229 (South side)
20/06/67 Baptist Chapel and Former School
(Formerly Listed as:
Baptist Church)
GV II
Baptist chapel and former Sunday School. Chapel of 1853,
Sunday School of 1899. Chapel built of red brick with 4 bays
facing north and 3 west, each flanked by white brick pilasters
with segmental arched arcading above. The 2 centre arches of
the north front contain Venetian windows; the outer ones are
round-headed at 1st floor level. Eaves cornice of white brick
cogging. Slate roof with brick chimneystack. Gable end facing
west reated as a pediment and with 2 similar arches below it
containing windows on ground and 1st floors. Square porch.
Interior has semi-circular wooden pulpit and gallery supported
on 2 Tuscan columns. Attached is a Sunday School of 1 storey
red brick with slate roof, 1 gabled dormer and 1 false gabled
dormer with clock face. 3 Gothick windows with keystones. 2
plank doors. Pilasters and cogged eaves cornice. Inscription
reads "In memory of Thomas Ellis Slaughter, founder of this
school, died Sept. 28 1899 aged 69 years".
Listing NGR: TQ8144127997
Selected Sources
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National Grid Reference: TQ 80858 28041
Map
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