Baptist Church, New Barnet

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Station Road, New Barnet, in a c. 1900 postcard. Baptist Church in the centre, third from right, with pediment. Station Road, New Barnet.jpg
Station Road, New Barnet, in a c. 1900 postcard. Baptist Church in the centre, third from right, with pediment.

A Baptist Church once stood on the north side of Station Road, New Barnet. The church was designed by W. Allen Dixon [1] and construction was underway by 21 May 1872, when a memorial stone was laid. [2] The building was in a Renaissance style with elements of the Romanesque. It was built of gault and yellow stock brick with stone dressings. The front featured a three bay Palladian temple front. The church was a grade II listed building with English Heritage. [1] It was demolished to make way for flats around 1982. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "BAPTIST CHURCH (1064864)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. "Chapels". The General Baptist Repository, and Missionary Observer. 74: 187. 1872.
  3. Taylor, Pamela, & Joanna Corden. (1994) Barnet, Edgware, Hadley and Totteridge: A pictorial history. Chichester: Phillimore. Image caption 84. ISBN   0850339189

Coordinates: 51°38′59″N0°10′35″W / 51.6498°N 0.1764°W / 51.6498; -0.1764