Carey Baptist Church
Carey Baptist Church
Carey Baptist Church is located in Preston city centre
Carey Baptist Church
Carey Baptist Church
Location in Preston
53°45′39″N 2°41′38″W / 53.7607°N 2.6940°W / 53.7607; -2.6940
OS grid referenceSD 543 296
LocationPole Street, Preston, Lancashire
CountryEngland
DenominationBaptist
AssociationsBaptist Union of Great Britain
WebsiteCarey Baptist Church
History
Founded1826
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated20 December 1991
Specifications
MaterialsBrick, slate roof

Carey Baptist Church, is a Baptist church in Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

History

The church was built in 1826 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion.[2] The building has since been altered and used as a Baptist church.[1]

Architecture

Exterior

Carey Baptist Church is built in brick. with a stuccoed entrance front and a slate roof. It has a rectangular plan, it is in two storeys, and there is a small lean-to extension at the back. The entrance front faces the road, it is symmetrical, and is in three bays. There are pilasters at the corners, and at the top is a gable acting as a pediment. In the ground floor are three doorways, the central doorway being wider than the outer doorways, all with fanlights under moulded surrounds containing keystones. The central doorway has a segmental head and contains double doors, the outer doorways being round-headed. In the upper storey are three round-headed windows with moulded surrounds and keystones. The pediment contains a panel flanked by roundels. The panel is inscribed with "CAREY BAPTIST". Along the sides of the church are tall segmental-headed windows.

Interior

Inside the church there was originally a horseshoe gallery, but this has been reduced in size to a curved gallery. This has a panelled front and is carried in slim cast iron columns. Around the church is a dentilled cornice, the ceiling is panelled, and the windows have moulded surrounds. At the west end is a plastered Corinthian architraved opening with a modillion cornice and an inscribed frieze.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Carey Baptist Church, Preston (1207315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 May 2014
  2. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 514, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.