Building record MDO47071 - Baptist chapel, Wimborne Minster

Former Baptist chapel. Built in 1788 for seceders from the Congegationalists, and remained in use until the end of the 19th century. More recently used as a warehouse. The walls are of brickwork and the roof is half-hipped and tiled.

(SU 00890045) Former Baptist Chapel built in 1788 has rendered walls and a tiled roof. Now used as a warehouse. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 85 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(3) Former Baptist Chapel, 70 yds. N. of (2), has brick walls and a tiled roof and was built in 1788 (Salisbury Journal, 20 Oct.); it is now a warehouse, but its former ecclesiastical use is known from documents in the owner's possession. The N. and S. walls retain each a tall segmental-headed window; the E. and W. end walls are masked by later buildings. Inside, the hall (33 ft. by 22 ft.) has a moulded cornice and a coved ceiling. Turned wooden balusters reset in a gate at the entrance to the premises have perhaps been taken from some internal fitting of the chapel.'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213243 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 25 2023 10:02AM