Listed Building record TQ 74 SE 182 - CHAPEL HOUSE AND PROVIDENCE STREET BAPTIST CHAPEL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1899.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7871 4320 (point)
Map sheet TQ74SE
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STAPLEHURST CHAPEL LANE TQ 7843 (North side)
5/70 Chapel House and Providence 23. 5.67 Street Baptist Chapel
GV II
House and Baptist chapel. House C17 or early C18, chapel C19. House: timber framed. Ground floor clad with beaded weatherboarding, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Built at right-angles to Lane, facing west. 2 storeys and attic, on low brick plinth. Roof half-hipped to left (north) and extended to abut chapel to right. Rear stack to left, and rear stack to right of centre. 2 small hipped dormers with moulded wooden cornices and leaded 2-light casements. Regular 3-window front of leaded wooden cross windows, that to centre narrower. Central half-glazed door under flat corniced and bracketed hood. Rear lean-to. Interior not inspected. Chapel: timber framed, weatherboarded, with plain tile roof. Built at right-angles to house, projecting forwards slightly from right gable end. 2-storey height on red and grey brick plinth. Gabled. Broad front gable end has recessed paned light to gable, and regular 2-window front to first floor of recessed 4-paned lights. Two recessed 8-paned lights to ground floor, each with a broad hinged panelled shutter. Central panelled double doors. Rendered single- storey gabled extension to south side. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7871543192

House and Baptist chapel in Chapel Lane. Timber-framed house 17th or early 18th century, and chapel 19th century. Ground floor clad with beaded weatherboarding, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Built at right-angles to Lane, facing west. 2 storeys and attic, on low brick plinth. Roof half-hipped to left (north) and extended to abut chapel to right. (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England.

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Record last edited

Feb 13 2026 2:48PM