Building record MLI86507 - Eastgate Union Church, Louth

Summary

Formerly known as the Eastgate Baptist Chapel, this structure was built c.1863. It remains in religious use.

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This church and the adjoining hall (see MLI91804) are important buildings in the streetscape, sited in a prominent location on the corner of Eastgate, Ramsgate and Church Street. {1} Formerly known as the Eastgate Baptist Chapel, this structure was built c.1864 at a cost of £1700. It is possible that the congregation moved to this location from the former Baptist chapel on Walkergate (see MLI99008). {2} The Eastgate Union Church and adjoining Church Hall were assessed by English Heritage in May 2013, as part of the Louth Defined Area Survey. It was decided that the criteria for listing was not met in this instance, as their construction and treatment are typical of their period, and are not deemed to be of sufficient architectural interest to be warrant designation. A considerable portion of the original internal fixtures and fittings have also been removed. Although Pevsner states that the Eastgate Union Church was constructed in 1854, an inscription within the church, and other historic documentation, states that it was built as a General Baptist Church in 1863. It is of red brick with stone dressings and slated roofs, and has a square plan with hall and baptistry to the rear of the sanctuary; a gallery is attached to the south wall. The symmetrical, classical façade has deeply moulded stone quoins, pilasters, window and door surrounds and coping to the pediment. The central two-leaf timber panelled entrance door is approached by a flight of stone steps. Above, the pediment is broken by a triple window with roundel tracery and red and gault brick heads, and the pediment itself is decorated with scooped stone mouldings and roundels. The casement windows were replaced in 2013. The side elevations have a pier and panel construction, the piers being in gault brick, with a dentil string course, ground-floor windows with shallow-arched heads and first-floor windows with round red and gault brick heads. {3}{4} The building was surveyed as part of a survey of nonconformist chapels in East Lindsey District. {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Report: QuBE Planning Ltd.. 2008. Louth Conservation Area Appraisal. Queen St character area.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1872. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Third Edition). p.399.
  •  Unpublished Document: English Heritage / Historic England. 2008->. Advice Report from a Heritage Asset Assessment. Case No.478757.
  •  Index: Historic England. 2012->. Designation Decision Records (De-Designated and Non-Designated Entries). 1418296.
  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2013. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels in East Lindsey. Louth.

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Grid reference Centred TF 33220 87521 (15m by 18m) Surveyed
Civil Parish LOUTH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jun 3 2025 7:59AM

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