Conservation Area (CA)
North Laine CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0075
Description
Galeed Strict Baptist Chapel, opened 15 October 1868 and designed by Benjamin Nunn in Neoclassical style. Rendered, with the appearance of two storeys surmounted by a pediment with small oculus window. The ground floor is rusticated, and contains three doorways. There are three hung sash windows to the first floor, separated by pilasters. The inscription ‘GALEED A.D. 1868’ is located below the pediment. There is traditional-style gas lamp fixed to the westernmost pilaster. It is understood that the plain interior survives (not inspected). Source: Carder 1990
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. A good example of a particularly austere Neoclassical chapel
C. Townscape interest
i. Within the North Laine Conservation Area, the building is atypical of the area due to its use and Neoclassical style
E. Rarity and representativeness
i. The building is the only Strict or Particular Baptist Chapel to survive in the city; since their foundation in the city in 1766 there have also been chapels in Bond Street, Windsor Street, Mighell Street. Sussex Street, Haddington Street and West Street, which all no longer survive
F. Intactness
The exterior appears to survive intact
Date of Inclusion
Pre-2015
