Monmouth Baptist Church

The congregation formed in 1818, after several ministers from associated churches visited the town. The church originally met in a small building, just off Monnow Street. The first pastor was appointed in 1831, and the original meeting place was enlarged in 1836 to form a chapel.^[2][3] After becoming derelict, it was demolished in recent years to make way for a supermarket car park.^[4]

The foundations of a new church in Monk Street were laid out in 1906, and the building was opened the following year.^[3] The architect was Benjamin Lawrence of Newport, who designed it in a similar Victorian Gothic style to the Working Men's Institute (now a commercial art gallery) which he had designed next door in 1867.^[5] The building is constructed of Old Red Sandstone, with Bath Stone dressings. The stained glass in the porch was added in 1964.^[5]