Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
16959
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/07/1996
Date of Amendment
17/07/1996
Name of Property
Former Baptist Chapel (including forecourt walls, gates and railings)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Holt
Town
Locality
Holt
Easting
340937
Northing
353810
Street Side
E
Location
Situated on the E side of Chapel Street.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Former Baptist Chapel of 1827, now used as a furniture store house.
Exterior
Simple classical 2 storey, red brick in Flemish bond, slate roof. Centrally placed doorway with open pedimented hood. Moulded wooden architrave surround with console details. 2 symmetrically placed windows with stone lintels. Stone string course. 3 windows to first floor all with stone lintels. Under apex of gable is a stone plaque with heavily eroded inscription and date 1827. Later brick walls with sandstone coping blocks surmounted by decorative railings.
Interior
Interior was not accessible at the time of re-survey (March 1996).
Reason for designation
Listed as a relatively early example of a Baptist Chapel with good architectural detailing.
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