Building record TQ 55 NW 596 - Kingdom Hall, Cedar Terrace Road, Sevenoaks

The Kingdom hall was built in open country about 1842 as a small Baptist Chapel near the top of the hill where Cedar Terrace was subsequently built. It gave its name 'Bethel' to the north/south road which was later put through beside it. According to the OS map, by 1869 it had become a Congregational Church. Later it was a Salvation Army Citadel and more recently a Kingdom Hall, for Sevenoaks Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. A graveyard originally surrounded the chapel also reaching into the eastern end of Cedar Terrace Road. It is now a car park. The hall itself is a plain white painted brick building with four large windows in recessed panels (one blocked) along the side elevations and two similar window embrasures (blocked) on the Cedar Terrace end, which is also the main entrance. There seems to be evidence of a stone built base to the chapel and a blocked up basement level window/door on the north end, where a modern staircase has also been erected. It has been modified to suit the community over the years. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.