Jireh Baptist Church, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 (Grade II)

BURNLEY

SD8432SW BOOT WAY 906-1/20/23 (North side) 02/08/95 Jireh Baptist Church (Formerly Listed as: BOOT WAY Jireh Chapel)

Baptist chapel. Dated 1853 over doorway; altered. Coursed rock-faced sandstone rubble, slate roof. Small rectangular building at right-angles to the street. Single storey, a 2-window gabled facade, symmetrical, with a plinth and a pedimental gable; a tall central doorway with altered double doors (up one step) and a plain overlight, and a plain surround with a moulded cornice on large fluted consoles; a rectangular plaque above the doorway inscribed: JIREH/ ERECTED A.D./ MDCCCLIII tall segmental-headed windows which have eared architraves and altered glazing; and in the pediment an octagonal stone plaque with radial openings (ventilator). The left return side has 2 tall square-headed windows with altered glazing. INTERIOR not accessible, but reported by estate agent to be just a shell. HISTORY: built by the Strict and Particular Baptists or Gadsbyites, a sect found only in this area.