West Street Baptist Church | |
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51°07′27″N 0°00′32″W / 51.1242°N 0.0089°W | |
Location | West Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4EY |
Country | England |
Denomination | Baptist |
Previous denomination | Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion; Strict Baptist |
Churchmanship | Evangelical |
Website | www.weststreetbc.org.uk |
History | |
Former name(s) | Zion Chapel |
Status | Church |
Founded | 2 July 1810 |
Founder(s) | John Burt |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 28 January 1948 |
Style | Classical |
Completed | 1811 |
West Street Baptist Church (formerly Zion Chapel) is a Baptist church in East Grinstead, a town in the district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Founded in 1810 as a chapel linked to the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, it was the first Nonconformist place of worship in East Grinstead; the town's subsequent development made it a local centre of both Protestant Nonconformity and alternative religions. The red-brick building is still used by a Baptist community, and is protected as a Grade II listed building.