Audlem Baptist Church

Audlem Baptist Church
Entrance front of Audlem Baptist Church with the baptistry on the left
Audlem Baptist Church Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 52°59′20″N 2°30′10″W / 52.98895°N 2.50288°W
OS grid reference	SJ 663 436
Location	Woore Road, Audlem, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Baptist
Website	Audlem Baptist Church
History
Founded	1840
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	12 January 1967
Specifications
Materials	Brick, slate roof

Audlem Baptist Church is in Woore Road, Audlem, Cheshire, England. It is an active Baptist church,^[1] and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

The church was built in 1840, and at a later date a baptistry was added on the north side.^{[3][lower-alpha 1]}

Architecture

The church is constructed in red brick with a slate roof, and is in one storey. The south front has five bays divided by rendered brick pilasters. Each bay contains a round-arched window, and above the central window is a rectangular date stone. At the east end are three blind bays divided by pilasters without rendering. The west end is the entrance front, and is in three bays separated by rendered pilasters. A flat-roofed porch projects from the central bay. The lateral bays each contains a round-headed window with two lights and a round light above. The baptistry is lower than the church. Its entrance front is also in three bays with brick pilasters. It has a central flat-roofed porch supported by slender cast iron Tuscan pillars.^[2][3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Audlem

Notes and references

Notes

1. The church is orientated northwest-southeast. In this article the directions reflect the traditional liturgical orientation.

Citations

1. Home, Audlem Baptist Church, retrieved 10 November 2013
2. Historic England, "Baptist Chapel, Audlem (1138523)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 November 2013
3. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 117, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6