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, London, on the corner with Mercer Street. It was originally a

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church, which relocated to North Finchley and is now called High Road Baptist Church. The church is now the Chinese Church in London.

History

The church was built in 1887–88 to a design by the architect

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for a Strict Baptist church community that had been formed in 1791. 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. It is now the Chinese Church in London, Soho Outreach Centre.

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