Building record TR 23 NW 726 - Former Zion Chapel - St Michaels Road, Folkestone

Originally Congregational Sunday School (Shown in OS 1st Edition Map 1862-1875) (1) & is shown as a chapel in the OS 2nd, 3rd & 4th Edition Maps. (2,3 & 4). Now Converted into House/Private Residence. (1-4)

The Zion Chapel in St Michael's Street was leased to the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in 1797, although they removed to a new chapel in Tontine Street in 1857. The chapel was eventually sold to another Baptist church in 1878. It is a square building of brick with a pyramidal tiled roof. Rendered front wall of three bays with a central doorway and two tiers of round-arched windows. (5)

<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<5> Christopher Stell, 2002, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England (Bibliographic reference). SKE58544.