Broadmead Baptist Church
Broadmead Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Broadmead area of Bristol, England.
| Broadmead Baptist Church | |
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  Broadmead Baptist Church shown within Bristol | |
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| Location | Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Website | broadmeadbaptist.org.uk |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Ronald Sims |
| Completed | 1969 |
The church was the first dissenting church in Bristol, founded by Dorothy Hazard and four other dissenters in 1640.[1] In its early years the church was persecuted and met in various locations around Bristol, but in 1671 the members of the church secured four rooms at the end of Broadmead, which were quickly converted into one large room for use as a chapel.[2] The chapel continued in use until the 1960s. When the Broadmead area was redeveloped the church sold the ground lease for shops and built a new church above. The new church was designed by the architect Ronald Hubert Sims and opened in 1969.[3] It features many brutalist elements[4], with the widespread use of raw concrete alongside timber panelling. When first opened, it featured a laminated timber spire that was removed due to being unsafe.
References
- "A brief history of the church". Broadmead Baptist Church. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- J. G. Fuller (1840). The Rise and Progress of Dissent in Bristol; Chiefly in Relation to the Broadmead Church, Etc. Hamilton, Adams and Company. p. 49.
- "Broadmead Baptist Chapel". Looking at Buildings. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- "Broadmead Baptist Church, Bristol - Inside A Brutalist Gem". The Spoonster Spouts. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-25.