Phillips, M. (2019). Baptist Chapel, High Street, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire: Historic Building Record. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084003. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Baptist Chapel, High Street, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire: Historic Building Record
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Bedford Borough Council granted planning consent for the conversion of the Baptist Chapel, High Street, Thurleigh into four flats. T The first Baptist Chapel in Thurleigh was built in 1827 and it was enlarged in 1841 and again in 1849. Due to a need for a larger chapel and provision of a school room, the old chapel was demolished and the present building erected on the same site in 1888. The building is T-shaped in plan, with a double-height chapel forming the front part and a two-storey school room block at the rear. There are three entrances, comprising double doors in the south end of the chapel and two doors in the south side of the lower school room. It is in brick with some stone details. The south elevation is in an Italianate style with round arches, keystones, projecting quoins a broken pediment gable and some gauged brickwork. The interior of the chapel had a lobby formed by a partially glazed timber screen. Originally the gallery was accessed by stairs at either end of the lobby but at some time one of the stairs was removed. The interior fittings of the chapel were in varnished pine. The lower school room is accessed by two doors in the north wall of the chapel to either side of the pulpit. A roller shutter across the middle of the lower school room was installed as part of the original construction and allowed the room to be subdivided into two rooms. The upper school room is access by a stair in the north-east corner of the building. The chapel was a single phase building with minor 20th century alterations and additions. A single-storey extension on the east end of the school room block contained a kitchen and toilet. During World War II the iron railings around the building were requisitioned. Repairs to the roof include the replacement of slates with concrete tiles and the removal of the stonework of the pediment on the south gable end.
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Author:		 M Phillips
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Baptist Chapel, High Street
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: THURLEIGH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505560, 258490 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHAPEL (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-344230
OBIB: 2019/41
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021