Listed Building record TQ 73 NE 165 - STRICT BAPTIST CHAPEL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. Strict Baptist Chapel in St David's Bridge converted from a pair of timber-framed cottages in 1787. Timber-framed and clad in weather-boarding. Plain tiled half-hipped roof. 3 round-headed window s to north,with glazing bars. Door below to left with wooden porch hood.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7780 3595 (point)
Map sheet TQ73NE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CRANBROOK SAINT DAVID'S BRIDGE TQ 7735 NE (south west side) 12/217 20.6.67 Strict Baptist Chapel GV II
Baptist Chapel. C18, converted in 1787. Timber-framed and clad in weather- boarding. Plain tiled half-hipped roof. 3 round-headed windows to north, with glazing bars. Door below to left with wooden porch hood. Interior: Gallery at south east end with moulded upper rail. Pulpit, probably early C19, at north-west end has fluted supports to base and round-arched back panel. Communion table on two bearers with small desk on top, sloping on four sides for singers. This chapel appears to be a conversion of two cottages, as some traces of blocked openings are discernable internally.
Listing NGR: TQ7780235950 (1)

Strict Baptist Chapel in St David's Bridge converted from a pair of timber-framed cottages in 1787. Timber-framed and clad in weather-boarding. Plain tiled half-hipped roof. 3 round-headed window s to north,with glazing bars. Door below to left with wooden porch hood. (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 10 2026 3:26PM