Southover General Baptist Chapel

Southover General Baptist Chapel
The former chapel from the northeast
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50°52′12″N 0°00′30″E / 50.8700°N 0.0082°E / 50.8700; 0.0082
LocationEastport Lane, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1TL
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationBaptist
History
StatusFormer chapel
Founded1741
Architecture
Functional statusResidential conversion
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated29 October 1985
StyleVernacular
Completed1741
Closed1972

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.