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SK 4427-4527
9/38

CASTLE DONINGTON
BONDGATE
Baptist Church

GV
II

Baptist church. Plaque on front gable is inscribed: 'General Baptist Chapel, Erected 1774. Enlarged 1827'. Vestries added to left 1875. Other mid C19 extensions to right, formerly sunday school and minister's house, and hall erected in 1890, are not of special architectural interest. Brick with stone plinth, the front rendered and colourwashed with stone coping to gable. Slate roof. Galleried.

Front has three bays of C20 wooden windows that resemble appearance of former sashes. These windows have painted stone sills, voussoir heads and triple keyblocks. Off-centre double doors with semi-circular fanlight, in rusticated stone surround with moulded open pediment on shaped scroll brackets. At apex of gable is a lozenge-shaped vent with similarly shaped surround. Attached to right, below window, are late C18-early C19 memorial slabs to members of Carr family. Side and rear walls have gallery windows with semi-circular heads, the left side also with later brick vestries.

Interior has early C19 gallery around three sides, on cast iron columns with acanthus capitals. Panelled balustrade with fluted pilasters and gilded embossed paper ornament. South wall has central organ recess with semi-circular arch on piers. Piers and wall frieze also have embossed paper ornament. In front of recess is altered C19 semi-circular pulpit with arcaded panels, on cylindrical pier with foliated capital. Communion rail and steps to pulpit have cast iron balusters. Early C19 seating to gallery, late C19 seating below. Ceiling has wooden ribs and some ornamental plaster panels.

Listing NGR: SK4447627341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336213

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014