Soho Baptist Chapel

Soho Baptist Chapel is a church at 166a Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on the corner with Mercer Street. Originally a Baptist church (which relocated to North Finchley now called High Road Baptist Church[1]). It is now the Chinese Church in London.

Soho Baptist Chapel
Soho Baptist Chapel (detail)

History

The church was built in 1887–88 to a design by the architect William Gillbee Scott for a Strict Baptist church 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
  1. "History". February 5, 2016.
  2. Christopher Stell (2002). Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. English Heritage. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-873592-50-2.
  3. "UCL Bloomsbury Project". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  4. "Gospel Tidings Article". gospeltidings.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  5. "Soho | Chinese Church In London". ccil.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.

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