Description

TQ 2981 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER EASTCASTLE STREET, Wl
57/17
No. 30
(The Welsh Baptist Chapel)
- II
Main London Welsh Baptist Chapel. 1889 by Owen Lewis. Red brick with plenty of
stone dressings, slate roof. Eclectic Classical facade.2 storeys, principal feature
being the 2 storey 3 bay full width Corinthian colonnade portico screening front.
Central staircase leads up to landing and the elaborately framed doorway;
balustraded stairs each side, above semi basement, lead to upper gallery entrances.
At 1st floor level within portico are 6 semicircular arched windows and 2 pairs of
segmental hooded windows above. Dormer in attic stone framed and pedimented, taller
and wider to centre. The centre bay of portico breaks forward slightly with date
panel set in a scrolled feature above an open segmental pediment. The frieze of
portico entablature is inscribed "CAPEL BEDYDDWYR CYMREIG".

Listing NGR: TQ2924981393

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Welsh Church of Central London at Wikipedia
• Welsh Church of Central London official website
• Wikidata Q22313167

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)