Kensington Baptist church is an unusual Grecian building - not a style common in Bristol. The first church was erected in 1831 in Thrissell Street. The original church was badly affected by fire in 1854, after which it was rebuilt to the plans of Henry Crisp. It was reopened in 1855 and went on to thrive until it outgrew the premises. In 1888 the church moved its premises to Stapleton Road and is now known as Kensington Baptist Church. The old church was sold to an Engineering firm.
The present building was opened in 1888 by Rev Charles Spurgeon and cost £7046. It was designed by Henry Watkins. It is a large building spanning 80ft by 80ft and can seat just over 1,000.
It has a large Bath stone facade with square headed windows and a short pediment all with Grecian columns in between. In fact the church has a touch of Greek Thompson about it and is a welcome change from gothic in this part of the city.
The interior is lofty and short and has galleries around all four sides, although one only has the organ.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first at churchmicro@gmail.com so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list
