Soho Baptist Chapel is a church at 166a Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on the corner with Mercer Street. It was originally a Baptist church, which relocated to North Finchley and is now called High Road Baptist Church.[1] The church is now the Chinese Church in London.
History
editThe church was built in 1887–88 to a design by the architect William Gillbee Scott for a Strict Baptist church community that had been formed in 1791.[2] In 1916–17, it was sold to another Strict Baptist church, after their 99-year lease on a chapel in Gower Street came to an end, and became the Gower Street Memorial Chapel.[2][3][4]
It is now the Chinese Church in London, Soho Outreach Centre.[5]
References
edit- ^ "History". 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b Christopher Stell (2002). Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. English Heritage. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-873592-50-2.
- ^ "UCL Bloomsbury Project". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Gospel Tidings Article". gospeltidings.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Soho | Chinese Church In London". ccil.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
External links
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