Listed Building record MDO19236 - Baptist Chapel, Salisbury Street, Dorchester

A Baptist chapel built in 1830 but with later alterations. The building is of stone rubble with brick dressings, and the curved east front, which faces the street, is covered with stucco.

(SY 69549075). Former Baptist Chapel at the junction of Salisbury Street and High Street Fordington was built in 1830 and consists of a stone rubble building with brick dressings and a slightly bowed east front faced with stucco. A baptistery under the floor has been filled in. (1)

Kingdom Hall (formerly Old Baptist Chapel) in Salisbury Street is of two storeys with stucco front and rusticated quoin pilasters dated 1830. (2)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 112-3 (Monograph). SDO148.

‘(6) Former Baptist Chapel, at the junction of Salisbury Street and High Street, Fordington, of stone rubble with brick dressings and the E. front faced with stucco, was built in 1830. Later in the 19th century a new roof was built with the eaves at a lower level, small gables being formed over the upper windows.

The E. front is slightly bowed on plan with stucco pilasters at the corners, gable treated as a pediment, central doorway with moulded architrave and hood carried on console brackets between square windows, and round-headed windows above. The S. side has segmental-headed windows below and round-headed windows above rising into small gables. Inside, galleries round the N., E. and S. sides are carried on slender iron columns of quatrefoil plan. A baptistery under the floor has been filled in.’

<2> DOE (HRR), 1975, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset 1975 (Scheduling record). SWX1433.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453522 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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