Broadmead Baptist Church
| Broadmead Baptist Church | |
|---|---|
  Broadmead Baptist Church shown within Bristol | |
| 51°27′27″N 2°35′29″W / 51.45738°N 2.59140°W | |
| Location | Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Website | broadmeadbaptist.org.uk |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Ronald Hubert Sims |
| Completed | 1969 |
Broadmead Baptist Church is a
, England.The church was the first
Quakerism, were likely married in one of the four rooms in 1669.[3] The chapel continued in use until the 1960s. When the Broadmead area was redeveloped the church sold the ground lease for shops and built a new church above. The new church was designed by the architect Ronald Hubert Sims and opened in 1969.[4] It features many brutalist elements,[5]
with the widespread use of raw concrete alongside timber panelling. When first opened, it featured a laminated timber spire that was removed due to being unsafe.
References
- ^ "A brief history of the church". Broadmead Baptist Church. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ J. G. Fuller (1840). The Rise and Progress of Dissent in Bristol; Chiefly in Relation to the Broadmead Church, Etc. Hamilton, Adams and Company. p. 49.
- ISBN 0-900469-44-7.
- ^ "Broadmead Baptist Chapel". Looking at Buildings. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Broadmead Baptist Church, Bristol - Inside A Brutalist Gem". The Spoonster Spouts. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-25.