Audlem Baptist Church

Audlem Baptist Church

Entrance front of Audlem Baptist Church
with the baptistry on the left
Audlem Baptist Church

Location in Cheshire

Coordinates: 52°59′20″N 2°30′10″W / 52.98895°N 2.50288°W
OS grid reference SJ 663 436
Location Woore Road, Audlem, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination Baptist
Website Audlem Baptist Church
History
Founded 1840
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 12 January 1967
Specifications
Materials Brick, slate roof

Audlem Baptist Church is in Woore Road, Audlem, Cheshire, England. It is an active Baptist church,[1] and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

The church was built in 1840, and at a later date a baptistry was added on the north side.[3][lower-alpha 1]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red brick with a slate roof, and is in one storey. The south front has five bays divided by rendered brick pilasters. Each bay contains a round-arched window, and above the central window is a rectangular date stone. At the east end are three blind bays divided by pilasters without rendering. The west end is the entrance front, and is in three bays separated by rendered pilasters. A flat-roofed porch projects from the central bay. The lateral bays each contains a round-headed window with two lights and a round light above. The baptistry is lower than the church. Its entrance front is also in three bays with brick pilasters. It has a central flat-roofed porch supported by slender cast iron Tuscan pillars.[2][3]

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Notes and references

Notes

  1. The church is orientated northwest-southeast. In this article the directions reflect the traditional liturgical orientation.

Citations

  1. Home, Audlem Baptist Church, retrieved 10 November 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 Historic England. "Baptist Chapel, Audlem (1138523)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 117, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6