Park Lane Chapel | |
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Park Lane Strict Baptist Chapel | |
51°13′00″N 0°47′55″W / 51.216585°N 0.798528°W | |
Location | Bear Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7LF |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Baptist |
Churchmanship | Strict Baptist |
History | |
Status | Chapel |
Founded | c. 1844 |
Founder(s) | Nisan (Edward) Samuel |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Closed |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 29 December 1972 |
Style | Classical |
Completed | 9 April 1852 |
Closed | c. 1994 |
The building formerly known as Park Lane Chapel is a former Strict Baptist chapel in the ancient town of Farnham in Surrey, England. Now a house, it was in religious use for nearly 150 years and housed a congregation whose origins go back to informal meetings in the 1840s. After Nisan Samuel, a Polish Jew, arrived in England and converted to Christianity, he took charge of these ad hoc meetings and formalised them into a Strict Baptist church. After he moved on, the congregation bought land and built a chapel. The small stone and brick building has been listed at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.