Listed Building record TQ 73 NE 165 - STRICT BAPTIST CHAPEL
Summary
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.
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2026 3:26PM