Providence Strict Baptist Chapel, Burgess Hill
Providence Strict Baptist Chapel | ||
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Style Neoclassical | | |
Completed | 1875 | |
Closed | 1999 |
Providence Strict Baptist Chapel is a former
History
Burgess Hill—now a town of about 30,000 people—did not exist until the mid-19th century, when the London and Brighton Railway built a railway line across St John's Common, an area of common land divided between the parishes of Clayton and Keymer.[1][2] The line and Burgess Hill railway station opened in 1841, and rapid population growth led to the building of an Anglican church, St John the Evangelist's, in the early 1860s and the creation of an ecclesiastical parish in 1863.[2][3]
One of the most important early residents was Frederick Hoadley. In 1857 he founded a
Simeon Norman's chapel continued to serve the
The Providence Strict Baptist Chapel was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 27 November 1975;[13] this defines it as a "nationally important" building of "special interest".[14] As of February 2001, it was one of 958 Grade II listed buildings, and 1,028 listed buildings of all grades, in the district of Mid Sussex.[15] It is within the St John's Common Conservation Area designated by Mid Sussex District Council.[5][16]
Architecture
The chapel was built in a style described as either Classical[13] or Neoclassical.[11][16] The two-storey structure has three equally spaced round-headed windows on the upper floor of the façade, and two square-headed windows flanking the entrance door below. Between these are four Doric pilasters which are topped with a pediment.[13] Originally faced with cement,[13] it is now stuccoed.[11]
See also
Notes
- ^ Harris, Roland B. (November 2005). "Burgess Hill Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF). Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS). East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, and Brighton and Hove City Council. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Salzman, L. F., ed. (1940). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7 – The Rape of Lewes. Parishes: Keymer". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 179–181. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Harris, Roland B. (November 2005). "Burgess Hill Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF). Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS). East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, and Brighton and Hove City Council. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Dudeney & Hallett 2006, p. 4.
- ^ a b c Avery 2001, §49.
- ^ Dudeney & Hallett 2006, pp. 35, 38.
- ^ a b c Matthews 2006, p. 141.
- ^ "No. 24342". The London Gazette. 4 July 1876. p. 3827.
- ^ a b Matthews 2006, p. 140.
- ^ Avery 2001, §56.
- ^ a b c d Elleray 2004, p. 14.
- ^ Harris, Roland B. (November 2005). "Burgess Hill Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF). Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS). East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, and Brighton and Hove City Council. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d Historic England (2007). "Providence Strict Baptist Chapel, Park Road, Burgess Hill, Mid Sussex, West Sussex (1354755)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Listed Buildings". English Heritage. 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Images of England – Statistics by County (West Sussex)". Images of England. English Heritage. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ a b Harris, Roland B. (November 2005). "Burgess Hill Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF). Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS). East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, and Brighton and Hove City Council. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
Bibliography
- Avery, Frederic M. (2001). Burgess Hill in Old Picture Postcards (Volume 2). Zaltbommel: European Library. ISBN 90-288-3562-8.
- Dudeney, Mark; Hallett, Eileen (2006). Bygone Days in Burgess Hill. Burgess Hill: Mid-Sussex Books. ISBN 0-9530625-2-X.
- Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-7-1.
- Matthews, Hugh (2006). Burgess Hill. Additional chapter by Mark Dudeney (2nd ed.). Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-437-7.