Werter Road Baptist Church

Werter Road Baptist Church is a Grade II listed church building in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.[1]

Werter Road Baptist Church

Location

The church is on Werter Road in Putney SW15, on the north side of the road, opposite Sainsbury's supermarket.

Building
Original 'Baptist Chapel' words over entrance to Werter Road Baptist Church
Tripartite articulated window over Werter Road Baptist Church

Plans were drawn up for the church in 1882 to 1883, costs were estimated to be £3200 and baptist pastor Charles Spurgeon[2] was named as the treasurer in charge.[3] The building was then built in 1884,[1] the architect was John Johnson (1843 - 1920) and the total cost was £5200. The 'baptist chapel' opened on Sunday 4 January 1885, it is made of brick, has a chapel for 800 people and a baptistery, vestries and basement school room for 500.[4]

The architecture is in Romanesque style with symmetrical structures in yellow brick. There are three sets of steps with iron railings leading inside, with round arches above the doors, framed with banded piers and entablature. There is a central two paned window with tripartite articulation. The building was Grade II listed on 7 April 1983.[1]

The building was refurbished in 2015, in the process the church leaders found a letter from Charles Spurgeon dated 1876 when the church community was developing.[5]

Worship

As of 2022 the building is the 'Community Church Putney', part of the New Frontiers International Trust, and also associated with the Baptist Union and the Evangelical Alliance.[6][7]

References
  1. "WERTER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, Non Civil Parish - 1065462". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (7 May 2015). Encyclopedia of Christian Education. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8493-9.
  3. H, Spurgeon, Charles. The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon, Volume 86: The Sword and the Trowel, Volume 7. Delmarva Publications, Inc.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. [Part 3: Surrey] - Page 306". specialcollections.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. "Blog New Ground Churches". newgroundchurches.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. "Community Church Putney". communitychurch. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. "COMMUNITY CHURCH, PUTNEY - Charity 1158141". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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