Monmouth Baptist Church is located in Monk Street, Monmouth, south east Wales. The church building was opened in 1907, although the Baptist congregation had been formed in 1818. The church became a Listed building, Grade II listed building on 27 October 1998.
History
The congregation formed in 1818, after several ministers from associated churches visited the town. The church originally met in a small building, just off Monnow Street. The first pastor was appointed in 1831, and the original meeting place was enlarged in 1836 to form a chapel.
[Keith Kissack]
''Nonconformity in Monmouth''
Capel: The Chapels Heritage Society Newsletter, no.29, 1997[Keith Kissack, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, , p.82] After becoming derelict, it was demolished in recent years to make way for a supermarket car park.
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The foundations of a new church in Monk Street were laid out in 1906, and the building was opened the following year.
[ The architect was Benjamin Lawrence of Newport, Wales, Newport, who designed it in a similar Victorian Gothic style to the 1 Monk Street, Monmouth, Working Men's Institute (now a art museum, commercial art gallery) which he had designed next door in 1867.][ The building is constructed of Old Red Sandstone, with Bath Stone dressings. The stained glass in the porch was added in 1964.][John Newman, ''The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire'', Penguin Books, 2000, , p.399]
References
{{Buildings in Monmouth
Grade II listed churches in Monmouthshire
Baptist churches in Wales
20th-century Baptist churches in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures in Monmouth, Wales
Churches completed in 1907