Southover General Baptist Chapel | |
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50°52′12″N 0°00′30″E / 50.8700°N 0.0082°E | |
Location | Eastport Lane, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1TL |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Baptist |
History | |
Status | Former chapel |
Founded | 1741 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Residential conversion |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 29 October 1985 |
Style | Vernacular |
Completed | 1741 |
Closed | 1972 |
Southover General Baptist Chapel is a former Baptist place of worship in the ancient village of Southover, now part of the town and district of Lewes, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. Founded in 1741 as the first Baptist place of worship in the area, it attracted a congregation of General Baptists whose theological views gradually moved towards Unitarianism. This led to their union with the members of the nearby Westgate Chapel, after which the flint and brick building housed other congregations and secular groups before its conversion to a house. The building is protected as a Grade II by English Heritage.